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Salary comparison

Industrial Engineers vs Physicians, All Other

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
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial EngineersPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$89,217$185,000
P25 wage$72,800$66,238
P75 wage$111,103$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$38,303$181,212
Total filings112,89598,627
Wage samples112,54498,023
Rank#12#16

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
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

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 — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

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