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Salary comparison

Biological Technicians vs Industrial Engineers

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 Technicians
SOC 19-4021Rank #23
Occupation B
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #12

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological TechniciansIndustrial Engineers
Median wage$54,000$89,217
P25 wage$44,124$72,800
P75 wage$67,629$111,103
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,505$38,303
Total filings66,960112,895
Wage samples66,396112,544
Rank#23#12

Median wage by year

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

Biological Technicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$44k
FY2011$45k
FY2012$45k
FY2013$46k
FY2014$48k
FY2015$49k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$52k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$56k
FY2020$60k
FY2021$61k
FY2022$63k
FY2023$65k
FY2024$68k
FY2025$70k
FY2026$73k
Industrial Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$72k
FY2013$73k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$87k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$98k
FY2023$101k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$107k
FY2026$115k

Top 5 hiring states — Biological Technicians

  • 1NY9,010$62,000
  • 2CA6,043$56,763
  • 3TX5,113$49,000
  • 4MA4,890$56,522
  • 5PA3,869$50,211

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA24,547$111,509
  • 2TX10,110$90,359
  • 3MA6,555$95,800
  • 4MI6,377$81,765
  • 5NY5,143$87,589

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

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