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

Web Developers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Web Developers (SOC 15-1254). Based on 18,375 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$94,869
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$75,980
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$112,923
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
155
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 I585$61,000$75,000$85,000
Level II2,139$70,179$80,000$96,595
Level III453$86,549$105,989$123,614
Level IV273$121,992$140,000$160,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$61,000$75,000$85,000
Level II$70,179$80,000$96,595
Level III$86,549$105,989$123,614
Level IV$121,992$140,000$160,000

Top hiring states

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

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA2,635$83,491
2TX1,839$70,000
3NJ1,370$69,950
4NY1,237$70,000
5WA970$73,320
6MA816$73,000
7IL802$68,450
8PA698$65,500
9MN663$63,200
10VA596$70,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

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$95k
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