H1B Report
Salary comparison

Lawyers vs Computer Occupations, 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
Lawyers
SOC 23-1011Rank #47
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricLawyersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$165,000$101,920
P25 wage$100,000$80,434
P75 wage$225,000$132,829
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$125,000$52,395
Total filings8,358289,708
Wage samples8,330289,384
Rank#47#2

Median wage by year

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

Lawyers
Computer Occupations, All Other

Top 5 hiring states — Lawyers

  • 1NY3,642$211,435
  • 2CA1,728$160,000
  • 3TX381$118,352
  • 4DC355$200,000
  • 5IL275$125,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA46,693$136,531
  • 2TX45,907$95,000
  • 3NJ21,807$94,999
  • 4WA16,359$135,000
  • 5NY14,993$115,990
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