H1B Report
Salary comparison

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 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 B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricSecondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationSoftware Developers
Median wage$49,702$102,690
P25 wage$42,790$84,300
P75 wage$58,855$131,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$16,065$46,700
Total filings28,6912,843,747
Wage samples28,3592,838,792
Rank#40#1

Median wage by year

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

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$44k
FY2011$46k
FY2012$46k
FY2013$45k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$45k
FY2016$45k
FY2017$46k
FY2018$49k
FY2019$52k
FY2020$52k
FY2021$54k
FY2022$52k
FY2023$54k
FY2024$56k
FY2025$59k
FY2026$62k
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 — Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

  • 1TX6,021$46,340
  • 2CA1,858$57,222
  • 3NY1,805$55,059
  • 4SC1,540$51,808
  • 5NC1,388$44,282

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

Top 5 sponsors — Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

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