H1B Report
Salary comparison

Compliance Officers 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
Compliance Officers
SOC 13-1041Rank #64
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricCompliance OfficersSoftware Developers
Median wage$76,000$102,690
P25 wage$60,549$84,300
P75 wage$97,780$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$37,231$46,700
Total filings13,9332,843,747
Wage samples13,8632,838,792
Rank#64#1

Median wage by year

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

Compliance Officers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$60k
FY2012$58k
FY2013$60k
FY2014$62k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$67k
FY2018$73k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$80k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$88k
FY2023$90k
FY2024$86k
FY2025$92k
FY2026$90k
Software Developers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$81k
FY2013$82k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$82k
FY2016$84k
FY2017$90k
FY2018$93k
FY2019$96k
FY2020$103k
FY2021$112k
FY2022$115k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$124k
FY2025$133k
FY2026$140k

Top 5 hiring states — Compliance Officers

  • 1CA2,467$90,000
  • 2NJ1,990$73,861
  • 3NY1,931$73,861
  • 4MA1,300$84,718
  • 5TX692$74,880

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA589,072$130,894
  • 2TX340,929$99,861
  • 3WA183,730$136,800
  • 4NJ155,389$100,000
  • 5NY131,510$112,700
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