H1B Report
Salary comparison

Sales Managers 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 Managers
SOC 11-2022Rank #62
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricSales ManagersSoftware Developers
Median wage$136,600$116,251
P25 wage$103,023$95,160
P75 wage$176,100$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$73,077$50,565
Total filings5,6231,400,940
Wage samples5,6041,399,063
Rank#62#1

Median wage by year

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

Sales Managers
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Sales Managers

  • 1CA1,406$150,000
  • 2NY988$154,866
  • 3TX559$130,000
  • 4FL475$110,000
  • 5NJ280$156,062

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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