H-1B job title salary

Programmer Analyst

#34 most-filed title 1,624 certified LCAs filed under 18 occupations
Median salary
$94,070
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$81,578 – $109,741
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+2.74%
-0.38% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.3%
1,624 filings

Programmer Analyst pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$75,929
P25$81,578
Median$94,070
P75$109,741
P90$125,465
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$81,099275 LCAs
Level II$93,0451,037 LCAs
Level III$109,741191 LCAs
Level IV$126,90184 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Programmer Analyst pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Computer Programmers 65%Software Developers 21%Computer Systems Analysts 8%Data Scientists 1%Computer Occupations, All Other 1%Biological Scientists, All Other 1%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Computer Programmers 15-1251 65.33% 1,061 $79,706 $86,000 $101,000
Software Developers 15-1252 21.18% 344 $102,357 $115,000 $128,960
Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211 8.44% 137 $84,344 $97,344 $107,000
Data Scientists 15-2051 1.05% 17 $68,957 $80,000 $111,240
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 0.92% 15 $90,051 $100,000 $123,128
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 0.74% 12 $72,708 $89,576 $99,322
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 0.37% 6 $94,735 $105,832 $111,725
Database Architects 15-1243 0.31% 5 $125,000 $127,962 $142,418
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221 0.31% 5 $101,358 $101,360 $108,000
Computer Programmers, Non R&D 15-1293 0.31% 5 $74,190 $75,833 $79,477

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Programmer Analyst

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Htc Global
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
114 $86,528 +0.6%
Solution It
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
54 $105,000 +22.1%
Tech Mahindra Americas
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
40 $89,253 +3.8%
Everest Consulting
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
33 $94,827 +10.3%
Msr Technology
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
31 $88,317 +2.7%
Everest Consulting
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
31 $124,592 +8.3%
Diaspark
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
30 $85,500 -0.6%
Reliable Software Resources
SOC 15-1211 · Computer Systems Analysts
29 $95,000 -2.4%
Fis Management
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
26 $118,775 +3.3%
Bct Consulting
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
24 $95,831 +11.4%
Vistaltech
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
21 $79,706 -7.3%
Cybage Software
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
20 $101,096 +17.6%
Orion Integrators
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
18 $106,662 +24%
Synova
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
16 $77,418 -10%
Sapien Infotech
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
16 $77,418 -10%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Programmer Analyst232 LCAs · median $111,072
  • Programmer Analyst II52 LCAs · median $97,639
  • Programmer Analyst Senior24 LCAs · median $120,000
  • Programmer Analyst III17 LCAs · median $111,240
  • Programmer Analyst IV10 LCAs · median $81,814
  • Programmer Analyst I9 LCAs · median $73,440
  • Programmer Analyst II (Bioinformatics)7 LCAs · median $95,763
  • Programmer Analyst VI6 LCAs · median $144,560

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