H1B Report
Salary comparison

Management Analysts 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
Management Analysts
SOC 13-1111Rank #7
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricManagement AnalystsSoftware Developers
Median wage$79,102$102,690
P25 wage$65,000$84,300
P75 wage$101,333$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$36,333$46,700
Total filings225,9882,843,747
Wage samples224,6802,838,792
Rank#7#1

Median wage by year

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

Management Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$66k
FY2011$67k
FY2012$69k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$70k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$71k
FY2017$74k
FY2018$79k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$92k
FY2021$96k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$104k
FY2025$104k
FY2026$112k
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 — Management Analysts

  • 1CA29,835$85,000
  • 2TX24,155$81,516
  • 3NY21,890$85,000
  • 4NJ20,449$78,811
  • 5IL13,534$78,800

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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