H1B Report
Salary comparison

Accountants and Auditors vs Software Developers

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
Accountants and Auditors
SOC 13-2011Rank #8
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricAccountants and AuditorsSoftware Developers
Median wage$84,240$116,251
P25 wage$67,205$95,160
P75 wage$110,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,795$50,565
Total filings57,0491,400,940
Wage samples56,9491,399,063
Rank#8#1

Median wage by year

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

Accountants and Auditors
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Accountants and Auditors

  • 1CA14,061$90,000
  • 2NY8,967$90,979
  • 3TX5,941$75,813
  • 4IL3,089$80,080
  • 5NJ2,969$96,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA295,439$152,100
  • 2TX216,424$105,997
  • 3WA111,054$148,013
  • 4NJ75,370$113,672
  • 5NY60,422$130,000
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