H-1B demand profile: Computer Programmers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1251-00, employers filed 40,965 Labor Condition Applications for Computer Programmers positions across 3,621 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 95.6% 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 $37,461 at the floor to $955,224 at the ceiling, with an average of $95,114. 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 Tata Consultancy Services Limited with 4,497 petitions at an average offered wage of $88,200, followed by Mphasis Corporation, HCL AMERICA INC, WIPRO LIMITED. Geographically, TX leads with 10,067 filings (avg $88,928), followed by CA, NJ, IL. 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.