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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 #91
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$57,812$68,640
P25 wage$50,000$61,000
P75 wage$70,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,000$19,000
Total filings6,484307,209
Wage samples6,258305,925
Rank#91#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$80k
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 — Budget Analysts

  • 1CA1,387$59,363
  • 2NY1,383$55,765
  • 3TX625$52,000
  • 4NJ402$59,592
  • 5FL298$52,000

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
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