H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer Occupations, All Other 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
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #2
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #12

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Occupations, All OtherComputer Programmers
Median wage$101,920$86,965
P25 wage$80,434$76,731
P75 wage$132,829$105,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$52,395$28,269
Total filings289,70853,885
Wage samples289,38453,838
Rank#2#12

Median wage by year

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

Computer Occupations, All Other
Computer Programmers

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA46,693$136,531
  • 2TX45,907$95,000
  • 3NJ21,807$94,999
  • 4WA16,359$135,000
  • 5NY14,993$115,990

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1TX10,433$85,000
  • 2CA6,501$102,918
  • 3NJ4,306$89,253
  • 4IL3,430$80,000
  • 5GA2,392$86,362
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