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Salary comparison

Financial Managers 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
Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031Rank #37
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial ManagersComputer Programmers
Median wage$125,000$68,640
P25 wage$92,000$61,000
P75 wage$170,331$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$78,331$19,000
Total filings28,893307,209
Wage samples28,344305,925
Rank#37#6

Median wage by year

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

Financial Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$92k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$100k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$105k
FY2015$107k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$119k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$135k
FY2020$137k
FY2021$150k
FY2022$150k
FY2023$158k
FY2024$159k
FY2025$165k
FY2026$175k
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 — Financial Managers

  • 1NY7,431$150,000
  • 2CA5,049$140,000
  • 3TX1,941$119,652
  • 4FL1,799$90,000
  • 5NJ1,185$129,840

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
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