H1B Report
Salary comparison

General and Operations 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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral and Operations ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$138,087$116,251
P25 wage$104,950$95,160
P75 wage$170,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$65,050$50,565
Total filings19,5711,400,940
Wage samples19,5331,399,063
Rank#26#1

Median wage by year

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

General and Operations Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA3,830$145,000
  • 2NY2,799$145,000
  • 3TX2,460$140,000
  • 4IL1,195$149,328
  • 5PA1,075$112,154

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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