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Salary comparison

Software Developers vs Financial Managers

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
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1
Occupation B
Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031Rank #37

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware DevelopersFinancial Managers
Median wage$102,000$125,000
P25 wage$84,000$92,000
P75 wage$130,000$170,331
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,000$78,331
Total filings2,765,22628,893
Wage samples2,760,33428,344
Rank#1#37

Median wage by year

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

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$143k
Financial Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$92k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$100k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$105k
FY2015$107k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$119k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$135k
FY2020$137k
FY2021$150k
FY2022$150k
FY2023$158k
FY2024$159k
FY2025$165k
FY2026$175k

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA571,349$130,000
  • 2TX328,305$98,910
  • 3WA175,348$135,000
  • 4NJ152,178$100,000
  • 5NY127,190$110,460

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Managers

  • 1NY7,431$150,000
  • 2CA5,049$140,000
  • 3TX1,941$119,652
  • 4FL1,799$90,000
  • 5NJ1,185$129,840
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