H-1B demand profile: Computer Programmers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1131, employers filed 17 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Programmers positions across 3 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 100% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Computer Programmers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Computer Programmers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $64,896 at the floor to $130,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $81,833. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Computer Programmers. The top sponsor is IBM Corporation with 15 petitions at an average offered wage of $79,157, followed by Hexaware Technologies, Inc, IQVIA RDS Inc. Geographically, NJ leads with 8 filings (avg $77,405), followed by GA, LA, AZ. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Computer Programmers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.