H1B Report
Salary comparison

Mental Health Counselors 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
Mental Health Counselors
SOC 21-1014Rank #95
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricMental Health CounselorsComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$59,915$101,920
P25 wage$49,500$80,434
P75 wage$72,800$132,829
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,300$52,395
Total filings2,242289,708
Wage samples2,238289,384
Rank#95#2

Median wage by year

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

Mental Health Counselors
Computer Occupations, All Other

Top 5 hiring states — Mental Health Counselors

  • 1MA554$53,000
  • 2NY284$61,900
  • 3CA275$68,952
  • 4WA180$65,146
  • 5PA145$50,000

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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