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 #29
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$126,000$116,251
P25 wage$97,037$95,160
P75 wage$165,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,963$50,565
Total filings16,5731,400,940
Wage samples16,5461,399,063
Rank#29#1

Median wage by year

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

Financial Specialists, All Other
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Specialists, All Other

  • 1NY6,005$155,000
  • 2CA2,223$129,000
  • 3IL1,491$135,000
  • 4TX1,081$110,000
  • 5NJ967$127,431

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

Top 5 sponsors — Financial Specialists, All Other

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