H1B Report
Salary comparison

Public Relations 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
Public Relations Specialists
SOC 27-3031Rank #80
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricPublic Relations SpecialistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$63,814$116,251
P25 wage$52,500$95,160
P75 wage$85,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$32,500$50,565
Total filings3,1251,400,940
Wage samples3,1161,399,063
Rank#80#1

Median wage by year

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

Public Relations Specialists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Public Relations Specialists

  • 1NY903$65,000
  • 2CA786$65,437
  • 3TX183$57,803
  • 4FL157$54,000
  • 5NJ156$70,000

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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