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Salary comparison

Computer Occupations, All Other vs Mechanical Engineers

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
Mechanical Engineers
SOC 17-2141Rank #11

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Occupations, All OtherMechanical Engineers
Median wage$88,489$84,000
P25 wage$74,464$69,389
P75 wage$115,000$106,788
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,536$37,399
Total filings644,075135,602
Wage samples643,004134,920
Rank#3#11

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$122k
Mechanical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$70k
FY2012$72k
FY2013$73k
FY2014$74k
FY2015$74k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$76k
FY2018$81k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$84k
FY2021$92k
FY2022$95k
FY2023$100k
FY2024$100k
FY2025$105k
FY2026$119k

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 hiring states — Mechanical Engineers

  • 1CA28,648$111,854
  • 2MI16,313$81,162
  • 3TX14,071$85,680
  • 4IL6,801$75,000
  • 5OH5,320$74,000

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

Top 5 sponsors — Mechanical Engineers

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