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Salary comparison

Business Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1011Rank #89
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricBusiness Teachers, PostsecondaryComputer Programmers
Median wage$103,774$68,640
P25 wage$76,512$61,000
P75 wage$132,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,488$19,000
Total filings6,762307,209
Wage samples6,737305,925
Rank#89#6

Median wage by year

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

Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$90k
FY2011$92k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$95k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$97k
FY2017$102k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$111k
FY2020$106k
FY2021$110k
FY2022$111k
FY2023$115k
FY2024$115k
FY2025$120k
FY2026$124k
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 — Business Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY593$103,089
  • 2CA508$102,316
  • 3PA439$96,776
  • 4TX359$109,000
  • 5MA271$129,000

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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