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 #13
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$128,300$116,251
P25 wage$107,598$95,160
P75 wage$154,660$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$47,062$50,565
Total filings43,9141,400,940
Wage samples43,8501,399,063
Rank#13#1

Median wage by year

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

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

  • 1CA23,899$143,187
  • 2TX6,615$130,000
  • 3OR2,382$95,763
  • 4MA2,052$116,662
  • 5AZ1,286$109,747

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

Top 5 sponsors — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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