H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Developers vs Transportation, Storage, and Distribution 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

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware DevelopersTransportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Median wage$102,000$108,819
P25 wage$84,000$82,500
P75 wage$130,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,000$52,500
Total filings2,765,22614,581
Wage samples2,760,33414,525
Rank#1#61

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
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$76k
FY2011$72k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$84k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$100k
FY2017$103k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$109k
FY2020$117k
FY2021$114k
FY2022$113k
FY2023$126k
FY2024$134k
FY2025$128k
FY2026$135k

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 — Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

  • 1CA3,432$120,091
  • 2TX1,484$100,000
  • 3WA1,360$124,000
  • 4NY852$105,000
  • 5FL694$86,858

Top 5 sponsors — Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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