H1B Report
Salary comparison

Operations Research Analysts vs Physicians, 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
Operations Research Analysts
SOC 15-2031Rank #20
Occupation B
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricOperations Research AnalystsPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$95,493$185,000
P25 wage$72,000$66,238
P75 wage$129,298$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$57,298$181,212
Total filings80,04498,627
Wage samples79,63898,023
Rank#20#16

Median wage by year

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

Operations Research Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$72k
FY2012$71k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$78k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$108k
FY2022$117k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$124k
FY2025$122k
FY2026$130k
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

Top 5 hiring states — Operations Research Analysts

  • 1CA15,666$110,000
  • 2NY8,956$100,000
  • 3WA8,619$113,400
  • 4TX7,479$91,062
  • 5NJ4,080$94,682

Top 5 hiring states — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970
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