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Salary comparison

Electrical Engineers vs Information Security 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
Electrical Engineers
SOC 17-2071Rank #22
Occupation B
Information Security Analysts
SOC 15-1212Rank #24

Key metrics

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

MetricElectrical EngineersInformation Security Analysts
Median wage$89,378$105,144
P25 wage$73,029$81,952
P75 wage$113,485$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,456$53,048
Total filings70,77864,965
Wage samples70,39364,900
Rank#22#24

Median wage by year

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

Electrical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$73k
FY2011$73k
FY2012$74k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$79k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$88k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$99k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$106k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$118k
FY2026$128k
Information Security Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$79k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$88k
FY2014$95k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$95k
FY2017$102k
FY2018$101k
FY2019$97k
FY2020$110k
FY2021$116k
FY2022$120k
FY2023$122k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$133k
FY2026$137k

Top 5 hiring states — Electrical Engineers

  • 1CA16,063$111,675
  • 2TX8,770$87,027
  • 3MI4,619$86,000
  • 4WA2,796$113,924
  • 5IL2,680$81,420

Top 5 hiring states — Information Security Analysts

  • 1CA9,628$120,000
  • 2NY8,519$105,000
  • 3TX8,207$107,100
  • 4IL4,613$102,794
  • 5NJ3,729$114,795

Top 5 sponsors — Electrical Engineers

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