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Salary comparison

Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 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
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
SOC 25-2056Rank #93
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricSpecial Education Teachers, Elementary SchoolComputer Programmers
Median wage$53,003$68,640
P25 wage$45,000$61,000
P75 wage$65,514$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,514$19,000
Total filings6,269307,209
Wage samples6,243305,925
Rank#93#6

Median wage by year

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

Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$47k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$51k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$50k
FY2020$54k
FY2021$52k
FY2022$52k
FY2023$58k
FY2024$57k
FY2025$60k
FY2026$65k
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 — Special Education Teachers, Elementary School

  • 1CA948$61,149
  • 2MD896$75,448
  • 3SC498$49,464
  • 4GA428$50,896
  • 5TX382$51,800

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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