H1B Report
Salary comparison

Materials Engineers 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
Materials Engineers
SOC 17-2131Rank #66
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricMaterials EngineersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$91,470$88,489
P25 wage$76,918$74,464
P75 wage$112,986$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$36,068$40,536
Total filings12,778644,075
Wage samples12,727643,004
Rank#66#3

Median wage by year

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

Materials Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$78k
FY2014$78k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$80k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$84k
FY2019$86k
FY2020$85k
FY2021$91k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$97k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$124k
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 — Materials Engineers

  • 1CA2,612$107,298
  • 2OR1,711$120,640
  • 3MI996$84,032
  • 4TX954$90,000
  • 5NY779$80,699

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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