H1B Report
Salary comparison

Psychiatrists 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
Psychiatrists
SOC 29-1223Rank #93
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricPsychiatristsSoftware Developers
Median wage$250,000$116,251
P25 wage$208,000$95,160
P75 wage$290,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$82,000$50,565
Total filings2,3461,400,940
Wage samples2,3411,399,063
Rank#93#1

Median wage by year

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

Psychiatrists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Psychiatrists

  • 1CA316$300,000
  • 2NY283$239,200
  • 3PA151$243,000
  • 4MO112$240,000
  • 5TX102$245,000

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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