H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Developers vs Medical and Health Services 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
Medical and Health Services Managers
SOC 11-9111Rank #68

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware DevelopersMedical and Health Services Managers
Median wage$102,000$83,000
P25 wage$84,000$63,000
P75 wage$130,000$126,906
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,000$63,906
Total filings2,765,22611,926
Wage samples2,760,33411,420
Rank#1#68

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
Medical and Health Services Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$64k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$74k
FY2015$74k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$93k
FY2019$92k
FY2020$118k
FY2021$128k
FY2022$110k
FY2023$110k
FY2024$98k
FY2025$102k
FY2026$120k

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 — Medical and Health Services Managers

  • 1NY1,629$77,210
  • 2CA1,629$95,000
  • 3TX923$68,370
  • 4MI859$62,837
  • 5MA726$133,900
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