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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$102,000
P25 wage$140,000$84,000
P75 wage$222,583$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$82,583$46,000
Total filings8,6112,765,226
Wage samples8,5572,760,334
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$220k
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$143k

Top 5 hiring states — Pediatricians, General

  • 1CA765$210,000
  • 2NY641$166,400
  • 3TX585$150,000
  • 4FL470$160,000
  • 5PA422$165,000

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA571,349$130,000
  • 2TX328,305$98,910
  • 3WA175,348$135,000
  • 4NJ152,178$100,000
  • 5NY127,190$110,460
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