H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer Occupations, All Other vs Registered Nurses

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
Registered Nurses
SOC 29-1141Rank #82

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Occupations, All OtherRegistered Nurses
Median wage$88,489$69,826
P25 wage$74,464$59,987
P75 wage$115,000$82,576
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,536$22,589
Total filings644,0757,495
Wage samples643,0046,784
Rank#3#82

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
Registered Nurses
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$56k
FY2011$60k
FY2012$59k
FY2013$61k
FY2014$63k
FY2015$64k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$64k
FY2018$69k
FY2019$69k
FY2020$73k
FY2021$74k
FY2022$75k
FY2023$74k
FY2024$74k
FY2025$79k
FY2026$79k

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 — Registered Nurses

  • 1FL824$58,677
  • 2NY694$81,120
  • 3CA532$80,246
  • 4IL397$75,000
  • 5TX382$61,430

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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