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 #45
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricLawyersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$140,000$88,489
P25 wage$85,000$74,464
P75 wage$200,000$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$115,000$40,536
Total filings22,007644,075
Wage samples21,601643,004
Rank#45#3

Median wage by year

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

Lawyers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$119k
FY2011$93k
FY2012$109k
FY2013$97k
FY2014$120k
FY2015$108k
FY2016$106k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$133k
FY2020$135k
FY2021$165k
FY2022$170k
FY2023$160k
FY2024$175k
FY2025$178k
FY2026$225k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$122k

Top 5 hiring states — Lawyers

  • 1NY8,661$175,344
  • 2CA3,773$143,894
  • 3TX1,084$95,442
  • 4DC994$160,000
  • 5FL939$70,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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