H1B Report
Salary comparison

Sales Engineers 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
Sales Engineers
SOC 41-9031Rank #39
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricSales EngineersSoftware Developers
Median wage$120,000$116,251
P25 wage$96,307$95,160
P75 wage$146,385$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$50,078$50,565
Total filings11,6501,400,940
Wage samples11,6301,399,063
Rank#39#1

Median wage by year

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

Sales Engineers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Sales Engineers

  • 1CA3,015$140,000
  • 2TX1,924$115,544
  • 3NY764$130,000
  • 4NJ726$131,446
  • 5IL534$110,344

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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