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Salary comparison

Electrical Engineers vs Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC 19-1042Rank #15

Key metrics

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

MetricElectrical EngineersMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$89,378$59,592
P25 wage$73,029$48,216
P75 wage$113,485$77,800
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,456$29,584
Total filings70,778100,500
Wage samples70,393100,078
Rank#22#15

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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$49k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$53k
FY2018$56k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$62k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$66k
FY2023$68k
FY2024$71k
FY2025$74k
FY2026$74k

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 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

  • 1CA12,074$77,569
  • 2MA11,260$65,060
  • 3NY8,863$60,965
  • 4TX7,222$50,000
  • 5PA4,613$56,004

Top 5 sponsors — Electrical Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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