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Salary comparison

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary vs Computer Programmers

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1042Rank #17
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricBiological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryComputer Programmers
Median wage$90,000$68,640
P25 wage$72,000$61,000
P75 wage$120,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$48,000$19,000
Total filings97,842307,209
Wage samples97,424305,925
Rank#17#6

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$72k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$80k
FY2014$81k
FY2015$83k
FY2016$85k
FY2017$88k
FY2018$89k
FY2019$91k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$98k
FY2024$102k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$107k
Computer Programmers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$63k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$69k
FY2018$74k
FY2019$77k
FY2020$78k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$87k
FY2023$86k
FY2024$94k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$99k

Top 5 hiring states — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1TX9,208$92,500
  • 2NY7,234$93,088
  • 3CA6,586$95,000
  • 4PA4,447$90,000
  • 5IL3,896$85,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1CA37,498$75,000
  • 2TX37,159$69,200
  • 3NJ28,375$70,000
  • 4IL21,419$66,082
  • 5NY15,839$70,500

Top 5 sponsors — Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

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