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 #56
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$128,000$102,690
P25 wage$96,463$84,300
P75 wage$160,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$63,537$46,700
Total filings17,2932,843,747
Wage samples17,2692,838,792
Rank#56#1

Median wage by year

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

Project Management Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$100k
FY2011$93k
FY2012$95k
FY2013$102k
FY2014$99k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$128k
FY2019$133k
FY2020$135k
FY2021$145k
FY2022$152k
FY2023$150k
FY2024$144k
FY2025$122k
FY2026$137k
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 — Project Management Specialists

  • 1CA5,700$152,738
  • 2WA1,597$135,000
  • 3NY1,519$126,610
  • 4TX1,457$105,000
  • 5MA728$121,100

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

Top 5 sponsors — Project Management Specialists

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