H1B Report
Salary comparison

Judicial Law Clerks 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
Judicial Law Clerks
SOC 23-1012Rank #78
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricJudicial Law ClerksSoftware Developers
Median wage$81,591$116,251
P25 wage$60,000$95,160
P75 wage$202,500$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$142,500$50,565
Total filings3,4481,400,940
Wage samples3,4421,399,063
Rank#78#1

Median wage by year

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

Judicial Law Clerks
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Judicial Law Clerks

  • 1NY1,756$190,000
  • 2CA649$72,488
  • 3DC124$170,000
  • 4NJ111$62,234
  • 5FL106$61,034

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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