H1B Report
Salary comparison

Project Management Specialists 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
Project Management Specialists
SOC 13-1082Rank #45
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricProject Management SpecialistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$142,126$116,251
P25 wage$105,100$95,160
P75 wage$172,536$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,436$50,565
Total filings9,2921,400,940
Wage samples9,2811,399,063
Rank#45#1

Median wage by year

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

Project Management Specialists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Project Management Specialists

  • 1CA3,293$166,000
  • 2NY892$142,050
  • 3TX855$115,000
  • 4WA697$171,226
  • 5MA438$135,464

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

Top 5 sponsors — Project Management Specialists

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