H1B Report
Salary comparison

Marketing Managers 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
Marketing Managers
SOC 11-2021Rank #34
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricMarketing ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$123,998$102,690
P25 wage$90,000$84,300
P75 wage$160,638$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,638$46,700
Total filings33,8922,843,747
Wage samples33,5042,838,792
Rank#34#1

Median wage by year

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

Marketing Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$93k
FY2011$91k
FY2012$95k
FY2013$104k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$110k
FY2016$111k
FY2017$115k
FY2018$125k
FY2019$130k
FY2020$130k
FY2021$140k
FY2022$147k
FY2023$152k
FY2024$150k
FY2025$157k
FY2026$170k
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 — Marketing Managers

  • 1CA10,024$140,000
  • 2NY5,927$127,500
  • 3TX2,106$116,979
  • 4FL2,047$84,594
  • 5WA1,997$130,600

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

Top 5 sponsors — Marketing Managers

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