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Salary comparison

Industrial Engineers vs Information Security Analysts

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
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #12
Occupation B
Information Security Analysts
SOC 15-1212Rank #24

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial EngineersInformation Security Analysts
Median wage$89,217$105,144
P25 wage$72,800$81,952
P75 wage$111,103$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$38,303$53,048
Total filings112,89564,965
Wage samples112,54464,900
Rank#12#24

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$72k
FY2013$73k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$87k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$98k
FY2023$101k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$107k
FY2026$115k
Information Security Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$79k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$88k
FY2014$95k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$95k
FY2017$102k
FY2018$101k
FY2019$97k
FY2020$110k
FY2021$116k
FY2022$120k
FY2023$122k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$133k
FY2026$137k

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA24,547$111,509
  • 2TX10,110$90,359
  • 3MA6,555$95,800
  • 4MI6,377$81,765
  • 5NY5,143$87,589

Top 5 hiring states — Information Security Analysts

  • 1CA9,628$120,000
  • 2NY8,519$105,000
  • 3TX8,207$107,100
  • 4IL4,613$102,794
  • 5NJ3,729$114,795

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

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