H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Managers 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
Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031Rank #42
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$151,000$116,251
P25 wage$120,000$95,160
P75 wage$200,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$80,000$50,565
Total filings10,4841,400,940
Wage samples10,4531,399,063
Rank#42#1

Median wage by year

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

Financial Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Managers

  • 1NY2,834$175,000
  • 2CA2,320$164,505
  • 3TX869$139,000
  • 4NJ509$150,280
  • 5IL471$149,635

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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