H1B Report
Salary comparison

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 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
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
SOC 17-1011Rank #46
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitects, Except Landscape and NavalSoftware Developers
Median wage$72,000$116,251
P25 wage$63,000$95,160
P75 wage$85,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$22,000$50,565
Total filings8,7071,400,940
Wage samples8,6841,399,063
Rank#46#1

Median wage by year

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

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

  • 1NY2,763$72,000
  • 2CA1,901$74,999
  • 3TX485$71,032
  • 4MA459$72,100
  • 5IL368$67,049

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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