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$75,171$102,000
P25 wage$60,000$84,000
P75 wage$97,360$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$37,360$46,000
Total filings13,3172,765,226
Wage samples13,2472,760,334
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$97k
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$143k

Top 5 hiring states — Compliance Officers

  • 1CA2,381$89,440
  • 2NJ1,918$73,100
  • 3NY1,828$72,634
  • 4MA1,241$84,718
  • 5TX634$72,800

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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