H1B Report
Salary comparison

Sales Managers 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
Sales Managers
SOC 11-2022Rank #58
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricSales ManagersComputer Programmers
Median wage$110,053$68,640
P25 wage$77,142$61,000
P75 wage$151,923$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$74,781$19,000
Total filings16,102307,209
Wage samples15,904305,925
Rank#58#6

Median wage by year

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

Sales Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$82k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$93k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$104k
FY2017$101k
FY2018$115k
FY2019$120k
FY2020$124k
FY2021$127k
FY2022$138k
FY2023$146k
FY2024$142k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$157k
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 — Sales Managers

  • 1CA3,340$121,836
  • 2NY2,863$125,000
  • 3TX1,544$107,089
  • 4FL1,337$90,300
  • 5NJ870$115,998

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
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