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Salary comparison

Human Resources Specialists 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
Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071Rank #53
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricHuman Resources SpecialistsComputer Programmers
Median wage$60,100$68,640
P25 wage$48,443$61,000
P75 wage$78,104$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$29,661$19,000
Total filings17,457307,209
Wage samples17,272305,925
Rank#53#6

Median wage by year

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

Human Resources Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$56k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$65k
FY2019$67k
FY2020$70k
FY2021$76k
FY2022$72k
FY2023$73k
FY2024$73k
FY2025$75k
FY2026$93k
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 — Human Resources Specialists

  • 1CA3,171$69,805
  • 2NJ2,431$60,000
  • 3NY2,117$62,587
  • 4TX1,640$60,000
  • 5IL707$60,000

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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