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Salary comparison

Electrical Engineers vs Operations Research 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
Operations Research Analysts
SOC 15-2031Rank #20

Key metrics

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

MetricElectrical EngineersOperations Research Analysts
Median wage$89,378$95,493
P25 wage$73,029$72,000
P75 wage$113,485$129,298
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,456$57,298
Total filings70,77880,044
Wage samples70,39379,638
Rank#22#20

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
Operations Research Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$72k
FY2012$71k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$78k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$108k
FY2022$117k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$124k
FY2025$122k
FY2026$130k

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 — Operations Research Analysts

  • 1CA15,666$110,000
  • 2NY8,956$100,000
  • 3WA8,619$113,400
  • 4TX7,479$91,062
  • 5NJ4,080$94,682

Top 5 sponsors — Electrical Engineers

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