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 #60
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$166,400$68,640
P25 wage$115,000$61,000
P75 wage$240,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$125,000$19,000
Total filings14,642307,209
Wage samples14,429305,925
Rank#60#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$144k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$150k
FY2013$154k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$150k
FY2016$150k
FY2017$160k
FY2018$175k
FY2019$180k
FY2020$185k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$190k
FY2023$180k
FY2024$198k
FY2025$172k
FY2026$200k
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 — Chief Executives

  • 1CA3,359$168,000
  • 2NY2,716$180,000
  • 3TX1,150$166,352
  • 4FL1,146$150,000
  • 5IL497$170,000

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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