H1B Report
Salary comparison

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 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 B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricMiddle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationSoftware Developers
Median wage$55,000$116,251
P25 wage$48,785$95,160
P75 wage$63,030$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$14,245$50,565
Total filings2,2421,400,940
Wage samples2,2381,399,063
Rank#94#1

Median wage by year

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

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

  • 1GA357$59,538
  • 2SC278$52,526
  • 3TX264$58,160
  • 4NC239$47,372
  • 5CA113$65,330

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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