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 #82
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$55,350$102,690
P25 wage$45,000$84,300
P75 wage$70,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$25,000$46,700
Total filings7,9832,843,747
Wage samples7,8302,838,792
Rank#82#1

Median wage by year

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

Interior Designers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$48k
FY2011$45k
FY2012$45k
FY2013$46k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$46k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$48k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$58k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$64k
FY2023$70k
FY2024$70k
FY2025$70k
FY2026$76k
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 — Interior Designers

  • 1NY3,176$55,000
  • 2CA1,822$60,000
  • 3FL288$42,882
  • 4TX263$51,875
  • 5MA196$57,454

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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