H1B Report
Salary comparison

Chief Executives 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
Chief Executives
SOC 11-1011Rank #61
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricChief ExecutivesComputer Programmers
Median wage$167,773$68,848
P25 wage$115,360$61,000
P75 wage$240,000$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$124,640$19,184
Total filings15,141313,856
Wage samples14,923312,556
Rank#61#6

Median wage by year

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

Chief Executives
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$145k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$150k
FY2013$153k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$150k
FY2016$150k
FY2017$160k
FY2018$175k
FY2019$179k
FY2020$185k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$190k
FY2023$180k
FY2024$198k
FY2025$172k
FY2026$206k
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$98k

Top 5 hiring states — Chief Executives

  • 1CA3,472$170,000
  • 2NY2,810$180,000
  • 3FL1,203$150,000
  • 4TX1,202$166,500
  • 5IL512$170,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1TX38,662$69,200
  • 2CA38,151$75,000
  • 3NJ29,022$70,251
  • 4IL21,834$66,100
  • 5NY16,102$70,735

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Programmers

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