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 #36
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$145,040$116,251
P25 wage$114,130$95,160
P75 wage$181,100$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$66,970$50,565
Total filings12,5471,400,940
Wage samples12,5151,399,063
Rank#36#1

Median wage by year

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

Marketing Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Marketing Managers

  • 1CA4,400$160,000
  • 2NY2,375$148,000
  • 3WA923$150,000
  • 4TX913$135,000
  • 5FL522$117,874

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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