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Salary comparison

Industrial Production 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
Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051Rank #74
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial Production ManagersComputer Programmers
Median wage$96,000$68,640
P25 wage$71,060$61,000
P75 wage$128,930$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$57,870$19,000
Total filings10,438307,209
Wage samples10,347305,925
Rank#74#6

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Production Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$67k
FY2012$73k
FY2013$72k
FY2014$79k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$85k
FY2017$90k
FY2018$95k
FY2019$95k
FY2020$101k
FY2021$115k
FY2022$113k
FY2023$121k
FY2024$125k
FY2025$128k
FY2026$143k
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 — Industrial Production Managers

  • 1CA2,137$115,000
  • 2TX1,009$98,342
  • 3NY862$84,200
  • 4NJ605$97,200
  • 5NC517$68,224

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 — Industrial Production Managers

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