H1B Report
Salary comparison

Occupational Therapists 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
Occupational Therapists
SOC 29-1122Rank #100
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricOccupational TherapistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$75,816$116,251
P25 wage$69,888$95,160
P75 wage$90,589$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,701$50,565
Total filings1,9841,400,940
Wage samples1,9841,399,063
Rank#100#1

Median wage by year

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

Occupational Therapists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Occupational Therapists

  • 1CA470$97,947
  • 2IL398$70,283
  • 3NY357$72,800
  • 4MD122$81,016
  • 5TX87$83,242

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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