H1B Report
Salary comparison

Pharmacists 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
Pharmacists
SOC 29-1051Rank #86
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricPharmacistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$124,800$116,251
P25 wage$111,925$95,160
P75 wage$140,208$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$28,283$50,565
Total filings2,6471,400,940
Wage samples2,6411,399,063
Rank#86#1

Median wage by year

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

Pharmacists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Pharmacists

  • 1TX319$123,635
  • 2CA315$146,827
  • 3NY265$121,909
  • 4FL223$115,586
  • 5NJ185$108,160

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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