H1B Report
Salary comparison

Human Resources Specialists 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
Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071Rank #54
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricHuman Resources SpecialistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$60,798$102,690
P25 wage$48,589$84,300
P75 wage$79,051$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$30,462$46,700
Total filings17,9422,843,747
Wage samples17,7562,838,792
Rank#54#1

Median wage by year

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

Human Resources Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$50k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$56k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$65k
FY2019$67k
FY2020$70k
FY2021$76k
FY2022$72k
FY2023$73k
FY2024$73k
FY2025$75k
FY2026$83k
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 — Human Resources Specialists

  • 1CA3,256$70,000
  • 2NJ2,478$60,000
  • 3NY2,170$63,000
  • 4TX1,706$60,500
  • 5IL728$60,091

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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