H1B Report
Salary comparison

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary vs Software Developers

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
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
SOC 25-9044Rank #72
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricTeaching Assistants, PostsecondarySoftware Developers
Median wage$70,000$116,251
P25 wage$58,926$95,160
P75 wage$85,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$26,074$50,565
Total filings3,8661,400,940
Wage samples3,8611,399,063
Rank#72#1

Median wage by year

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

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

  • 1TX706$67,000
  • 2NY520$81,340
  • 3CA279$85,000
  • 4MA251$70,000
  • 5FL240$51,116

Top 5 hiring states — Software Developers

  • 1CA295,439$152,100
  • 2TX216,424$105,997
  • 3WA111,054$148,013
  • 4NJ75,370$113,672
  • 5NY60,422$130,000
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