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Salary comparison

Web and Digital Interface Designers 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
Web and Digital Interface Designers
SOC 15-1255Rank #69
Occupation B
Software Developers
SOC 15-1252Rank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricWeb and Digital Interface DesignersSoftware Developers
Median wage$80,000$102,000
P25 wage$65,000$84,000
P75 wage$100,000$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,000$46,000
Total filings11,8532,765,226
Wage samples11,7962,760,334
Rank#69#1

Median wage by year

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

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$70k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$82k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$95k
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 — Web and Digital Interface Designers

  • 1CA3,309$91,000
  • 2NY1,177$80,000
  • 3TX1,106$75,000
  • 4NJ610$90,000
  • 5IL551$67,933

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 — Web and Digital Interface Designers

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