H1B Report
Salary comparison

Commercial and Industrial Designers 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
Commercial and Industrial Designers
SOC 27-1021Rank #51
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricCommercial and Industrial DesignersComputer Programmers
Median wage$75,000$68,848
P25 wage$55,000$61,000
P75 wage$110,323$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,323$19,184
Total filings19,099313,856
Wage samples18,876312,556
Rank#51#6

Median wage by year

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

Commercial and Industrial Designers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$48k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$52k
FY2014$56k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$77k
FY2019$81k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$107k
FY2022$106k
FY2023$110k
FY2024$101k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$121k
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 — Commercial and Industrial Designers

  • 1CA5,811$102,200
  • 2NY3,426$70,000
  • 3WA1,007$143,270
  • 4TX940$63,000
  • 5IL688$60,000

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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