H1B Report
Salary comparison

Budget Analysts 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
Budget Analysts
SOC 13-2031Rank #90
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricBudget AnalystsComputer Programmers
Median wage$58,240$68,848
P25 wage$50,000$61,000
P75 wage$71,271$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$21,271$19,184
Total filings6,670313,856
Wage samples6,442312,556
Rank#90#6

Median wage by year

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

Budget Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$50k
FY2014$51k
FY2015$54k
FY2016$55k
FY2017$55k
FY2018$65k
FY2019$64k
FY2020$67k
FY2021$74k
FY2022$72k
FY2023$71k
FY2024$74k
FY2025$75k
FY2026$85k
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$98k

Top 5 hiring states — Budget Analysts

  • 1NY1,427$56,160
  • 2CA1,417$60,000
  • 3TX644$52,686
  • 4NJ416$60,000
  • 5FL304$52,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1TX38,662$69,200
  • 2CA38,151$75,000
  • 3NJ29,022$70,251
  • 4IL21,834$66,100
  • 5NY16,102$70,735

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Programmers

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