H1B Report
Salary comparison

Industrial Engineers 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
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #7
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial EngineersSoftware Developers
Median wage$97,887$116,251
P25 wage$81,827$95,160
P75 wage$122,500$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,673$50,565
Total filings59,6671,400,940
Wage samples59,5831,399,063
Rank#7#1

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Engineers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA14,100$125,000
  • 2TX5,389$100,000
  • 3MA4,067$100,027
  • 4MI3,632$88,234
  • 5NY2,841$96,732

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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