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 #72
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$70,304$102,000
P25 wage$58,200$84,000
P75 wage$82,093$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,893$46,000
Total filings11,0512,765,226
Wage samples10,9272,760,334
Rank#72#1

Median wage by year

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

Training and Development Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$55k
FY2011$57k
FY2012$61k
FY2013$60k
FY2014$64k
FY2015$69k
FY2016$71k
FY2017$74k
FY2018$72k
FY2019$73k
FY2020$78k
FY2021$83k
FY2022$77k
FY2023$83k
FY2024$80k
FY2025$80k
FY2026$93k
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

Top 5 hiring states — Training and Development Specialists

  • 1CA1,760$75,286
  • 2NJ1,420$72,000
  • 3NY1,190$71,319
  • 4TX925$70,554
  • 5VA563$66,560

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 sponsors — Training and Development Specialists

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