H1B Report
Salary comparison

Architectural and Engineering Managers 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers
SOC 11-9041Rank #41
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitectural and Engineering ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$168,334$116,251
P25 wage$130,000$95,160
P75 wage$210,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$80,000$50,565
Total filings10,8611,400,940
Wage samples10,8471,399,063
Rank#41#1

Median wage by year

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

Architectural and Engineering Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Architectural and Engineering Managers

  • 1CA4,494$200,000
  • 2TX853$147,000
  • 3NY694$183,518
  • 4WA685$203,000
  • 5MI421$130,000

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

Top 5 sponsors — Architectural and Engineering Managers

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