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Salary comparison

Natural Sciences Managers 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
Natural Sciences Managers
SOC 11-9121Rank #100
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricNatural Sciences ManagersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$65,000$88,489
P25 wage$50,809$74,464
P75 wage$90,000$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$39,191$40,536
Total filings5,899644,075
Wage samples5,806643,004
Rank#100#3

Median wage by year

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

Natural Sciences Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$51k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$54k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$60k
FY2017$64k
FY2018$81k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$76k
FY2021$76k
FY2022$70k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$75k
FY2025$79k
FY2026$73k
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 — Natural Sciences Managers

  • 1CA733$82,784
  • 2NY719$63,949
  • 3TX447$60,000
  • 4MA428$70,000
  • 5IL313$65,000

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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