H1B Report
Salary comparison

Interior Designers 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
Interior Designers
SOC 27-1025Rank #89
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricInterior DesignersSoftware Developers
Median wage$65,000$116,251
P25 wage$56,170$95,160
P75 wage$80,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,830$50,565
Total filings2,5801,400,940
Wage samples2,5701,399,063
Rank#89#1

Median wage by year

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

Interior Designers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Interior Designers

  • 1NY1,050$65,000
  • 2CA708$70,000
  • 3TX97$60,611
  • 4FL95$54,766
  • 5MA87$68,000

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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