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Salary comparison

Interior Designers 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
Interior Designers
SOC 27-1025Rank #83
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricInterior DesignersComputer Programmers
Median wage$55,000$68,640
P25 wage$45,000$61,000
P75 wage$69,987$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$24,987$19,000
Total filings7,494307,209
Wage samples7,342305,925
Rank#83#6

Median wage by year

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

Interior Designers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$48k
FY2011$45k
FY2012$45k
FY2013$46k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$46k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$48k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$61k
FY2020$58k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$64k
FY2023$70k
FY2024$70k
FY2025$70k
FY2026$77k
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 — Interior Designers

  • 1NY3,081$55,000
  • 2CA1,758$60,000
  • 3FL281$42,224
  • 4TX252$50,793
  • 5MA184$56,000

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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