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Salary comparison

Industrial Engineers vs Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

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

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial EngineersMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Median wage$89,217$60,320
P25 wage$72,800$46,675
P75 wage$111,103$85,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$38,303$38,325
Total filings112,895106,242
Wage samples112,544104,013
Rank#12#14

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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$49k
FY2011$48k
FY2012$49k
FY2013$52k
FY2014$52k
FY2015$53k
FY2016$55k
FY2017$57k
FY2018$64k
FY2019$65k
FY2020$69k
FY2021$75k
FY2022$75k
FY2023$76k
FY2024$78k
FY2025$80k
FY2026$100k

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 — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

  • 1CA21,454$65,000
  • 2NY18,367$60,174
  • 3MA9,770$55,000
  • 4TX6,838$65,000
  • 5FL5,794$49,057

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

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