H1B Report
Salary comparison

Managers, All Other 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
Managers, All Other
SOC 11-9199Rank #96
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricManagers, All OtherSoftware Developers
Median wage$111,000$102,000
P25 wage$85,000$84,000
P75 wage$140,000$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$46,000
Total filings5,9812,765,226
Wage samples5,9482,760,334
Rank#96#1

Median wage by year

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

Managers, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$84k
FY2011$76k
FY2012$80k
FY2013$85k
FY2014$87k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$98k
FY2017$105k
FY2018$111k
FY2019$112k
FY2020$112k
FY2021$123k
FY2022$123k
FY2023$128k
FY2024$127k
FY2025$125k
FY2026$140k
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$143k

Top 5 hiring states — Managers, All Other

  • 1CA1,147$128,648
  • 2NJ686$116,849
  • 3NY670$112,000
  • 4MA511$128,205
  • 5TX394$100,800

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA571,349$130,000
  • 2TX328,305$98,910
  • 3WA175,348$135,000
  • 4NJ152,178$100,000
  • 5NY127,190$110,460
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