H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Developers vs Statisticians

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
Statisticians
SOC 15-2041Rank #28

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware DevelopersStatisticians
Median wage$102,690$91,217
P25 wage$84,300$72,400
P75 wage$131,000$117,416
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,700$45,016
Total filings2,843,74743,654
Wage samples2,838,79243,423
Rank#1#28

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$140k
Statisticians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$70k
FY2013$72k
FY2014$70k
FY2015$74k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$80k
FY2018$87k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$104k
FY2022$108k
FY2023$111k
FY2024$118k
FY2025$120k
FY2026$125k

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 hiring states — Statisticians

  • 1CA5,366$103,720
  • 2NJ5,142$98,838
  • 3MA3,363$98,000
  • 4NC3,023$96,600
  • 5TX2,929$87,975
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