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Salary comparison

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 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 B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricMarket Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsComputer Programmers
Median wage$60,320$68,640
P25 wage$46,675$61,000
P75 wage$85,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$38,325$19,000
Total filings106,242307,209
Wage samples104,013305,925
Rank#14#6

Median wage by year

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

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$49k
FY2011$48k
FY2012$49k
FY2013$52k
FY2014$52k
FY2015$53k
FY2016$55k
FY2017$57k
FY2018$64k
FY2019$65k
FY2020$69k
FY2021$75k
FY2022$75k
FY2023$76k
FY2024$78k
FY2025$80k
FY2026$100k
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 — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

  • 1CA21,454$65,000
  • 2NY18,367$60,174
  • 3MA9,770$55,000
  • 4TX6,838$65,000
  • 5FL5,794$49,057

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 — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

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