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 #37
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$125,715$102,690
P25 wage$93,200$84,300
P75 wage$173,555$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$80,355$46,700
Total filings29,8582,843,747
Wage samples29,3052,838,792
Rank#37#1

Median wage by year

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

Financial Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$92k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$100k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$107k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$135k
FY2020$137k
FY2021$150k
FY2022$150k
FY2023$158k
FY2024$159k
FY2025$165k
FY2026$173k
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 — Financial Managers

  • 1NY7,698$150,000
  • 2CA5,202$140,000
  • 3TX2,041$120,000
  • 4FL1,849$90,000
  • 5NJ1,234$130,000

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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