H-1B job title salary

Java Developer

#22 most-filed title 2,194 certified LCAs filed under 11 occupations
Median salary
$102,783
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$87,653 – $113,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+1.57%
-1.51% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.4%
2,194 filings

Java Developer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$80,000
P25$87,653
Median$102,783
P75$113,000
P90$131,997
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$88,088573 LCAs
Level II$105,9971,395 LCAs
Level III$130,707149 LCAs
Level IV$152,20041 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

Hourly ⇄ annual pay

Type in either box; the other updates instantly.

Monthly—
Every 2 weeks—
Weekly—
Daily—
Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs
SOC split

Java Developer pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Software Developers 71%Computer Programmers 26%Computer Occupations, All Other 1%Web Developers 1%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Software Developers 15-1252 71.29% 1,564 $94,398 $106,558 $117,936
Computer Programmers 15-1251 26.25% 576 $79,776 $86,755 $99,210
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 1.32% 29 $83,658 $94,682 $98,218
Web Developers 15-1254 0.64% 14 $71,040 $79,300 $114,000

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Java Developer

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Beaconfire Staffing
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
49 $83,637 -3.6%
Pioneer Consulting
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
35 $112,923 +6%
Intellisoft
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
34 $80,519 -7.2%
Lex Nimble
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
21 $112,986 +6%
Goin Technology
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
20 $112,923 +6%
Barclays
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
19 $150,000 +40.8%
Ascendion Formerly Known As Collabera
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
18 $130,520 +22.5%
Collaborate
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
18 $96,907 -9.1%
Viacore
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
18 $82,087 -5.4%
Antra
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
17 $95,500 -10.4%
Conflux
SOC 15-1251 · Computer Programmers
14 $90,210 +4%
Iris Software
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
13 $119,000 +11.7%
Inteliroute
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
11 $109,845 +3.1%
It Resources
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
11 $112,923 +6%
Technumen
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
11 $103,210 -3.1%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Java Developer249 LCAs · median $119,000
  • Java Developer II10 LCAs · median $107,038
  • Java Developer - Senior7 LCAs · median $156,000
  • Java Developer (Software Developer)6 LCAs · median $93,298
  • Junior Java Developer5 LCAs · median $95,493

Keep exploring