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Salary comparison

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 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 B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricForeign Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryComputer Programmers
Median wage$56,950$68,640
P25 wage$48,080$61,000
P75 wage$69,024$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,944$19,000
Total filings9,161307,209
Wage samples9,027305,925
Rank#77#6

Median wage by year

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

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$49k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$53k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$50k
FY2018$53k
FY2019$55k
FY2020$60k
FY2021$61k
FY2022$62k
FY2023$65k
FY2024$65k
FY2025$70k
FY2026$74k
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 — Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1CA1,370$62,280
  • 2NY748$63,184
  • 3TX539$52,500
  • 4MI463$55,000
  • 5PA457$54,000

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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