H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 15-1254Rank #52Updated Sep 2026

Web Developers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Web Developers (SOC 15-1254). Based on 18,841 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$90,000
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$76,960
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$106,060
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
502
Rank #52 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I626$61,000$75,244$85,363
Level II2,307$70,179$80,000$96,595
Level III559$85,000$100,000$120,224
Level IV300$117,974$140,000$160,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$61,000$75,244$85,363
Level II$70,179$80,000$96,595
Level III$85,000$100,000$120,224
Level IV$117,974$140,000$160,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA2,688$84,000
2TX1,920$70,000
3NJ1,414$69,996
4NY1,271$70,000
5WA982$73,320
6MA834$73,000
7IL818$68,600
8PA719$65,500
9MN672$63,200
10VA604$70,283

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Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$64k
FY2011$65k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$68k
FY2016$70k
FY2017$72k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$90k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$79k
FY2024$79k
FY2025$89k
FY2026$90k
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28 employers filed H-1B LCAs for Web Developers — ranked, with certification rates and a sponsor-health signal.

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