H1B Report
Salary comparison

Natural Sciences 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
Natural Sciences Managers
SOC 11-9121Rank #97
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricNatural Sciences ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$75,000$116,251
P25 wage$60,000$95,160
P75 wage$115,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$50,565
Total filings2,1631,400,940
Wage samples2,1591,399,063
Rank#97#1

Median wage by year

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

Natural Sciences Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Natural Sciences Managers

  • 1CA311$94,869
  • 2NY248$84,730
  • 3MA184$81,600
  • 4TX162$76,400
  • 5PA156$53,863

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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