H1B Report
Salary comparison

General Internal Medicine Physicians 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 Internal Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1216Rank #71
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral Internal Medicine PhysiciansSoftware Developers
Median wage$175,000$102,690
P25 wage$67,606$84,300
P75 wage$220,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$152,394$46,700
Total filings12,1812,843,747
Wage samples12,1312,838,792
Rank#71#1

Median wage by year

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

General Internal Medicine Physicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$150k
FY2011$155k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$168k
FY2014$173k
FY2015$165k
FY2016$175k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$198k
FY2020$180k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$202k
FY2023$185k
FY2024$200k
FY2025$200k
FY2026$240k
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 — General Internal Medicine Physicians

  • 1PA1,655$62,944
  • 2CA812$220,000
  • 3NY665$170,000
  • 4OH621$67,972
  • 5MA618$158,546

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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