H1B Report
Salary comparison

Art Directors 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
Art Directors
SOC 27-1011Rank #94
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricArt DirectorsSoftware Developers
Median wage$96,000$102,000
P25 wage$70,000$84,000
P75 wage$140,000$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,000$46,000
Total filings6,1672,765,226
Wage samples6,0562,760,334
Rank#94#1

Median wage by year

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

Art Directors
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Art Directors

  • 1NY2,544$103,209
  • 2CA1,632$110,000
  • 3FL297$62,400
  • 4IL242$87,000
  • 5TX180$74,818

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA571,349$130,000
  • 2TX328,305$98,910
  • 3WA175,348$135,000
  • 4NJ152,178$100,000
  • 5NY127,190$110,460
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