H1B Report
Salary comparison

Biological Scientists, All Other vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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 Scientists, All Other
SOC 19-1029Rank #38
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological Scientists, All OtherComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$75,540$89,352
P25 wage$58,916$74,672
P75 wage$101,245$115,901
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,329$41,229
Total filings29,236661,886
Wage samples29,086660,799
Rank#38#3

Median wage by year

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

Biological Scientists, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$61k
FY2011$60k
FY2012$61k
FY2013$60k
FY2014$62k
FY2015$65k
FY2016$67k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$74k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$80k
FY2021$83k
FY2022$86k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$86k
FY2025$86k
FY2026$89k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$120k

Top 5 hiring states — Biological Scientists, All Other

  • 1CA5,940$90,000
  • 2MA3,374$85,000
  • 3NY2,464$77,469
  • 4MD1,652$78,356
  • 5TX1,651$65,456

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA106,836$109,554
  • 2TX80,431$90,000
  • 3NJ44,405$90,002
  • 4NY35,627$94,349
  • 5WA33,465$108,098

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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