H1B Report
Salary comparison

Chief Executives 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
Chief Executives
SOC 11-1011Rank #58
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricChief ExecutivesSoftware Developers
Median wage$185,328$116,251
P25 wage$122,096$95,160
P75 wage$250,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$127,904$50,565
Total filings6,1281,400,940
Wage samples6,0971,399,063
Rank#58#1

Median wage by year

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

Chief Executives
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Chief Executives

  • 1CA1,533$190,000
  • 2NY1,339$190,757
  • 3TX526$180,000
  • 4FL510$165,152
  • 5MA225$185,000

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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