H1B Report
Salary comparison

Actuaries 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
Actuaries
SOC 15-2011Rank #83
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricActuariesSoftware Developers
Median wage$115,000$116,251
P25 wage$90,425$95,160
P75 wage$141,818$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$51,393$50,565
Total filings2,7941,400,940
Wage samples2,7911,399,063
Rank#83#1

Median wage by year

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

Actuaries
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Actuaries

  • 1NY655$130,000
  • 2NJ308$120,250
  • 3CA252$114,424
  • 4IL219$115,300
  • 5MA181$107,390

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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