H1B Report
Salary comparison

Industrial Production 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
Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051Rank #69
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial Production ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$118,000$116,251
P25 wage$90,064$95,160
P75 wage$147,716$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$57,652$50,565
Total filings4,2511,400,940
Wage samples4,2381,399,063
Rank#69#1

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Production Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Production Managers

  • 1CA947$140,000
  • 2TX399$113,500
  • 3NJ275$120,931
  • 4NY262$114,200
  • 5NC213$111,354

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

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Production Managers

Swap an entity
Replace either occupation above without losing the comparison. 2-way for now; 3+ comparison coming soon.