H1B Report
Salary comparison

Chemists vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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
Chemists
SOC 19-2031Rank #49
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricChemistsComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$70,000$89,352
P25 wage$55,182$74,672
P75 wage$90,000$115,901
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$34,818$41,229
Total filings19,513661,886
Wage samples19,370660,799
Rank#49#3

Median wage by year

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

Chemists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$61k
FY2011$56k
FY2012$56k
FY2013$60k
FY2014$60k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$63k
FY2017$65k
FY2018$67k
FY2019$71k
FY2020$76k
FY2021$79k
FY2022$84k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$89k
FY2025$89k
FY2026$98k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$120k

Top 5 hiring states — Chemists

  • 1NJ3,374$65,000
  • 2NY2,296$63,100
  • 3CA2,238$77,092
  • 4MA1,258$90,369
  • 5PA1,104$68,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA106,836$109,554
  • 2TX80,431$90,000
  • 3NJ44,405$90,002
  • 4NY35,627$94,349
  • 5WA33,465$108,098

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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