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 #60
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$85,946$116,251
P25 wage$70,720$95,160
P75 wage$111,966$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$41,246$50,565
Total filings5,8821,400,940
Wage samples5,8731,399,063
Rank#60#1

Median wage by year

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

Compliance Officers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Compliance Officers

  • 1CA1,177$101,000
  • 2NJ911$80,000
  • 3NY787$85,000
  • 4MA666$97,380
  • 5TX370$83,100

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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