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Salary comparison

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC 19-1042Rank #15
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricMedical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsComputer Programmers
Median wage$59,592$68,640
P25 wage$48,216$61,000
P75 wage$77,800$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$29,584$19,000
Total filings100,500307,209
Wage samples100,078305,925
Rank#15#6

Median wage by year

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

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$49k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$53k
FY2018$56k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$62k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$66k
FY2023$68k
FY2024$71k
FY2025$74k
FY2026$74k
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 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

  • 1CA12,074$77,569
  • 2MA11,260$65,060
  • 3NY8,863$60,965
  • 4TX7,222$50,000
  • 5PA4,613$56,004

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 — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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