H1B Report
Salary comparison

Chemical Engineers 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
Chemical Engineers
SOC 17-2041Rank #50
Occupation B
Computer Systems Analysts
SOC 15-1211Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricChemical EngineersComputer Systems Analysts
Median wage$88,000$70,000
P25 wage$75,000$60,500
P75 wage$103,189$88,046
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$28,189$27,546
Total filings19,202806,267
Wage samples19,126802,693
Rank#50#2

Median wage by year

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

Chemical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$76k
FY2011$78k
FY2012$80k
FY2013$85k
FY2014$91k
FY2015$81k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$84k
FY2020$87k
FY2021$93k
FY2022$99k
FY2023$107k
FY2024$102k
FY2025$99k
FY2026$106k
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 — Chemical Engineers

  • 1OR3,942$93,392
  • 2CA3,314$107,000
  • 3TX2,084$84,802
  • 4MA757$89,794
  • 5AZ718$88,317

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 — Chemical Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Systems Analysts

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