H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Risk Specialists 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 Risk Specialists
SOC 13-2054Rank #56
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial Risk SpecialistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$112,243$116,251
P25 wage$85,000$95,160
P75 wage$140,179$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,179$50,565
Total filings6,7911,400,940
Wage samples6,7801,399,063
Rank#56#1

Median wage by year

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

Financial Risk Specialists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Risk Specialists

  • 1NY1,905$127,400
  • 2CA799$110,000
  • 3NJ635$127,000
  • 4TX629$92,200
  • 5WA541$126,000

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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