H1B Report
Salary comparison

Engineers, All Other vs Computer Programmers

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
Engineers, All Other
SOC 17-2199Rank #48
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricEngineers, All OtherComputer Programmers
Median wage$92,000$68,640
P25 wage$74,838$61,000
P75 wage$118,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$43,162$19,000
Total filings18,902307,209
Wage samples18,835305,925
Rank#48#6

Median wage by year

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

Engineers, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$74k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$76k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$83k
FY2019$84k
FY2020$88k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$101k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$129k
Computer Programmers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$63k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$69k
FY2018$74k
FY2019$77k
FY2020$78k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$87k
FY2023$86k
FY2024$94k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$99k

Top 5 hiring states — Engineers, All Other

  • 1CA4,425$120,016
  • 2MI2,297$85,946
  • 3TX1,592$97,616
  • 4NY958$86,226
  • 5IL957$79,040

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1CA37,498$75,000
  • 2TX37,159$69,200
  • 3NJ28,375$70,000
  • 4IL21,419$66,082
  • 5NY15,839$70,500

Top 5 sponsors — Engineers, All Other

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