H1B Report
Salary comparison

Operations Research Analysts 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
Operations Research Analysts
SOC 15-2031Rank #17
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricOperations Research AnalystsSoftware Developers
Median wage$115,000$116,251
P25 wage$88,000$95,160
P75 wage$148,738$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$60,738$50,565
Total filings38,0141,400,940
Wage samples37,9661,399,063
Rank#17#1

Median wage by year

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

Operations Research Analysts
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Operations Research Analysts

  • 1CA7,972$132,385
  • 2WA4,925$125,000
  • 3NY4,521$124,000
  • 4TX4,286$106,620
  • 5NJ2,146$115,253

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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