H1B Report
Salary comparison

Commercial and Industrial Designers 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
Commercial and Industrial Designers
SOC 27-1021Rank #57
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricCommercial and Industrial DesignersSoftware Developers
Median wage$105,000$116,251
P25 wage$79,628$95,160
P75 wage$146,677$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,049$50,565
Total filings6,3221,400,940
Wage samples6,3131,399,063
Rank#57#1

Median wage by year

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

Commercial and Industrial Designers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Commercial and Industrial Designers

  • 1CA2,597$125,000
  • 2NY1,068$100,000
  • 3WA677$152,000
  • 4TX359$80,000
  • 5IL171$76,586

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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