H1B Report
Salary comparison

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 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
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
SOC 17-2072Rank #18
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricElectronics Engineers, Except ComputerSoftware Developers
Median wage$110,000$102,690
P25 wage$87,983$84,300
P75 wage$139,495$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$51,512$46,700
Total filings97,2882,843,747
Wage samples96,9402,838,792
Rank#18#1

Median wage by year

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

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$81k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$88k
FY2014$90k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$95k
FY2017$96k
FY2018$103k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$115k
FY2021$120k
FY2022$124k
FY2023$130k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$148k
FY2026$155k
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 — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

  • 1CA48,207$125,000
  • 2TX12,687$110,250
  • 3OR4,636$90,147
  • 4MA3,743$105,227
  • 5MI3,262$81,203

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

Top 5 sponsors — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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