H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Specialists, All Other 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 Specialists, All Other
SOC 13-2099Rank #33
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial Specialists, All OtherSoftware Developers
Median wage$110,000$102,690
P25 wage$81,120$84,300
P75 wage$150,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$68,880$46,700
Total filings36,6252,843,747
Wage samples36,4762,838,792
Rank#33#1

Median wage by year

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

Financial Specialists, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$86k
FY2011$85k
FY2012$86k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$88k
FY2015$88k
FY2016$93k
FY2017$95k
FY2018$96k
FY2019$103k
FY2020$110k
FY2021$120k
FY2022$130k
FY2023$130k
FY2024$136k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$145k
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 Specialists, All Other

  • 1NY12,693$135,000
  • 2CA4,497$110,960
  • 3IL3,245$112,000
  • 4TX1,937$97,760
  • 5MA1,712$94,500

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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