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Salary comparison

Pharmacists 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
Pharmacists
SOC 29-1051Rank #55
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricPharmacistsComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$114,608$88,489
P25 wage$102,211$74,464
P75 wage$127,400$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$25,189$40,536
Total filings17,095644,075
Wage samples15,025643,004
Rank#55#3

Median wage by year

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

Pharmacists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$106k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$113k
FY2013$113k
FY2014$115k
FY2015$113k
FY2016$113k
FY2017$116k
FY2018$118k
FY2019$114k
FY2020$119k
FY2021$123k
FY2022$120k
FY2023$125k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$135k
FY2026$139k
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 — Pharmacists

  • 1CA2,094$128,960
  • 2FL1,626$108,000
  • 3TX1,604$114,086
  • 4MI1,213$110,000
  • 5NJ888$96,720

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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