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Salary comparison

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1071Rank #44
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricHealth Specialties Teachers, PostsecondarySoftware Developers
Median wage$110,160$102,000
P25 wage$66,664$84,000
P75 wage$190,000$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$123,336$46,000
Total filings22,7832,765,226
Wage samples22,4742,760,334
Rank#44#1

Median wage by year

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

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$73k
FY2011$85k
FY2012$80k
FY2013$85k
FY2014$85k
FY2015$90k
FY2016$90k
FY2017$96k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$100k
FY2020$150k
FY2021$148k
FY2022$140k
FY2023$150k
FY2024$160k
FY2025$159k
FY2026$135k
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$143k

Top 5 hiring states — Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY2,595$75,000
  • 2CA1,883$100,000
  • 3PA1,469$150,000
  • 4TX1,467$110,000
  • 5FL1,280$179,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA571,349$130,000
  • 2TX328,305$98,910
  • 3WA175,348$135,000
  • 4NJ152,178$100,000
  • 5NY127,190$110,460
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