H1B Report
Salary comparison

Rehabilitation Counselors 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
Rehabilitation Counselors
SOC 21-1015Rank #88
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricRehabilitation CounselorsSoftware Developers
Median wage$39,520$102,690
P25 wage$34,000$84,300
P75 wage$54,000$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,000$46,700
Total filings7,3292,843,747
Wage samples7,1882,838,792
Rank#88#1

Median wage by year

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

Rehabilitation Counselors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$38k
FY2011$42k
FY2012$38k
FY2013$44k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$48k
FY2016$44k
FY2017$44k
FY2018$50k
FY2019$40k
FY2020$45k
FY2021$41k
FY2022$31k
FY2023$36k
FY2024$37k
FY2025$40k
FY2026$45k
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 — Rehabilitation Counselors

  • 1NY2,344$38,605
  • 2MA1,768$37,440
  • 3CA471$63,864
  • 4WA366$185,000
  • 5PA323$33,800

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
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