H1B Report
Salary comparison

Training and Development Specialists 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
Training and Development Specialists
SOC 13-1151Rank #96
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricTraining and Development SpecialistsSoftware Developers
Median wage$80,100$116,251
P25 wage$62,088$95,160
P75 wage$102,400$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,312$50,565
Total filings2,1991,400,940
Wage samples2,1981,399,063
Rank#96#1

Median wage by year

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

Training and Development Specialists
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Training and Development Specialists

  • 1CA621$86,900
  • 2NY289$91,122
  • 3TX220$75,000
  • 4NJ196$75,000
  • 5VA144$68,089

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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