H1B Report
Salary comparison

Budget Analysts vs Computer Systems Analysts

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 Systems Analysts
SOC 15-1211Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricBudget AnalystsComputer Systems Analysts
Median wage$58,240$70,000
P25 wage$50,000$60,500
P75 wage$71,271$88,046
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$21,271$27,546
Total filings6,670806,267
Wage samples6,442802,693
Rank#90#2

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 Systems Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$61k
FY2012$63k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$66k
FY2016$67k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$83k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$94k
FY2021$96k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$102k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$112k

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 Systems Analysts

  • 1CA107,195$76,000
  • 2TX97,255$68,827
  • 3NJ81,789$66,000
  • 4IL49,492$69,000
  • 5NY43,467$71,510

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Systems Analysts

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