H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer Occupations, All Other vs Financial and Investment Analysts

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 #3
Occupation B
Financial and Investment Analysts
SOC 13-2051Rank #8

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Occupations, All OtherFinancial and Investment Analysts
Median wage$89,352$86,000
P25 wage$74,672$67,434
P75 wage$115,901$120,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$41,229$52,566
Total filings661,886169,637
Wage samples660,799168,590
Rank#3#8

Median wage by year

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

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
Financial and Investment Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$67k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$72k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$76k
FY2017$79k
FY2018$84k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$85k
FY2021$93k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$107k
FY2024$113k
FY2025$116k
FY2026$128k

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 hiring states — Financial and Investment Analysts

  • 1NY55,612$100,000
  • 2CA23,469$93,746
  • 3TX10,902$80,000
  • 4IL7,528$76,357
  • 5NJ6,877$86,400

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

Top 5 sponsors — Financial and Investment Analysts

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