H1B Report
Salary comparison

Family Medicine Physicians 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
Family Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1215Rank #81
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricFamily Medicine PhysiciansSoftware Developers
Median wage$182,395$102,690
P25 wage$148,720$84,300
P75 wage$220,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$71,280$46,700
Total filings8,4762,843,747
Wage samples8,4332,838,792
Rank#81#1

Median wage by year

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

Family Medicine Physicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$140k
FY2011$150k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$160k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$170k
FY2016$180k
FY2017$186k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$204k
FY2020$208k
FY2021$208k
FY2022$215k
FY2023$220k
FY2024$231k
FY2025$230k
FY2026$250k
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 — Family Medicine Physicians

  • 1PA697$73,056
  • 2CA649$208,000
  • 3IL508$198,112
  • 4NY472$180,000
  • 5MI387$190,000

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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