H1B Report
Salary comparison

General and Operations 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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral and Operations ManagersComputer Programmers
Median wage$113,714$68,640
P25 wage$85,987$61,000
P75 wage$146,300$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$60,313$19,000
Total filings52,572307,209
Wage samples52,072305,925
Rank#26#6

Median wage by year

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

General and Operations Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$85k
FY2011$88k
FY2012$93k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$105k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$107k
FY2019$110k
FY2020$128k
FY2021$130k
FY2022$144k
FY2023$143k
FY2024$143k
FY2025$143k
FY2026$159k
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 — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA9,026$123,000
  • 2NY7,231$120,000
  • 3TX5,734$117,000
  • 4IL2,958$117,000
  • 5PA2,835$107,661

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 — General and Operations Managers

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