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 #98
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$111,592$102,690
P25 wage$85,000$84,300
P75 wage$140,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$46,700
Total filings6,1492,843,747
Wage samples6,1162,838,792
Rank#98#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$112k
FY2019$112k
FY2020$112k
FY2021$123k
FY2022$123k
FY2023$128k
FY2024$127k
FY2025$125k
FY2026$136k
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 — Managers, All Other

  • 1CA1,173$129,355
  • 2NJ709$117,720
  • 3NY690$112,715
  • 4MA531$129,584
  • 5TX407$102,731

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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