H1B Report
Salary comparison

Software Developers vs Web and Digital Interface Designers

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
Web and Digital Interface Designers
SOC 15-1255Rank #69

Key metrics

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

MetricSoftware DevelopersWeb and Digital Interface Designers
Median wage$102,690$80,000
P25 wage$84,300$65,000
P75 wage$131,000$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,700$35,000
Total filings2,843,74712,292
Wage samples2,838,79212,235
Rank#1#69

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
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$63k
FY2012$66k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$70k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$71k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$82k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$94k

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 — Web and Digital Interface Designers

  • 1CA3,417$92,000
  • 2NY1,207$80,000
  • 3TX1,164$76,773
  • 4NJ629$90,000
  • 5IL565$68,328

Top 5 sponsors — Web and Digital Interface Designers

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