H1B Report
Salary comparison

Veterinarians 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
Veterinarians
SOC 29-1131Rank #98
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricVeterinariansSoftware Developers
Median wage$123,772$116,251
P25 wage$95,253$95,160
P75 wage$156,000$145,725
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$60,747$50,565
Total filings2,0981,400,940
Wage samples2,0971,399,063
Rank#98#1

Median wage by year

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

Veterinarians
Software Developers

Top 5 hiring states — Veterinarians

  • 1CA734$145,600
  • 2TX215$124,800
  • 3FL125$120,000
  • 4NY120$130,000
  • 5WA76$119,500

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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