Role Filing Pattern
Specialist Programmer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 25 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Specialist Programmer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1251.00
SOC Category: Computer Programmers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
-16.8%
Filed H-1B base wages show $82,909 vs BLS national median $99,700
Specialist Programmer (SOC 15-1251.00, Computer Programmers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 25 filing records. Filed base wages span $76,232 to $86,424 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $82,909. Filed base wages for this role sit below the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$82,909
H-1B LCA Filings
25LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$86,424
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from INFOSYS LIMITED. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Richardson, TX, CHICAGO, IL, Raleigh, NC, Greenwood Village, CO, and Austin, TX. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$76,232
P25$77,418
Median$82,909
P75$85,530
Max$86,424
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- INFOSYS LIMITED$82,90925
Filed Wage by City
- Blue Ash, OH$96,6371
- Raleigh, NC$91,0423
- Greenwood Village, CO$88,4212
- Maryland Heights, MO$86,4241
- Atlanta, GA$85,8001
- Austin, TX$83,8661
- Irvine, CA$83,6371
- Tempe, AZ$83,1791
- Milwaukee, WI$82,9091
- Richardson, TX$81,4744
- Houston, TX$79,1021
- Irving, TX$77,4181
- Fort Worth, TX$77,4181
- CHICAGO, IL$76,8354
- San Antonio, TX$76,2321
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Specialist Programmer?
The median filed base salary for Specialist Programmer H-1B LCA records is $82,909 per year.
How many Specialist Programmer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 25 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Specialist Programmer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Specialist Programmer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Specialist Programmer include: INFOSYS LIMITED.
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