H1B Report
Salary comparison

Pediatricians, General 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
Pediatricians, General
SOC 29-1221Rank #79
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricPediatricians, GeneralSoftware Developers
Median wage$180,000$102,690
P25 wage$140,000$84,300
P75 wage$224,700$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$84,700$46,700
Total filings8,8582,843,747
Wage samples8,8032,838,792
Rank#79#1

Median wage by year

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

Pediatricians, General
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$132k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$141k
FY2013$142k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$161k
FY2016$165k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$185k
FY2019$200k
FY2020$205k
FY2021$208k
FY2022$208k
FY2023$210k
FY2024$230k
FY2025$227k
FY2026$225k
Software Developers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$81k
FY2013$82k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$82k
FY2016$84k
FY2017$90k
FY2018$93k
FY2019$96k
FY2020$103k
FY2021$112k
FY2022$115k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$124k
FY2025$133k
FY2026$140k

Top 5 hiring states — Pediatricians, General

  • 1CA794$211,539
  • 2NY658$165,700
  • 3TX596$155,074
  • 4FL487$160,000
  • 5PA433$165,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA589,072$130,894
  • 2TX340,929$99,861
  • 3WA183,730$136,800
  • 4NJ155,389$100,000
  • 5NY131,510$112,700
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