H-1B job title salary

Manager, Software Development & Engineering

#179 most-filed title 324 certified LCAs filed under 10 occupations
Median salary
$163,564
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$153,097 – $181,008
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+4.82%
+1.63% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
324 filings

Manager, Software Development & Engineering pay range

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

P10$141,219
P25$153,097
Median$163,564
P75$181,008
P90$203,912
Median by H-1B wage level
Level II$192,00019 LCAs
Level III$155,000105 LCAs
Level IV$167,135136 LCAs

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

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Manager, Software Development & Engineering 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 63%Computer and Information Systems Managers 23%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 8%Computer Occupations, All Other 4%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Software Developers 15-1252 62.96% 204 $152,884 $160,000 $176,612
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021 22.53% 73 $163,657 $180,482 $200,045
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 8.33% 27 $142,172 $150,000 $161,125
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 3.7% 12 $156,364 $182,276 $219,739

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Manager, Software Development & Engineering

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
Charles Schwab &
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
161 $159,400 -0.4%
Comcast Cable Communications
SOC 11-3021 · Computer and Information Systems Managers
33 $163,657 -9.3%
Charles Schwab &
SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
25 $150,000 +0%
Expedia
SOC 11-3021 · Computer and Information Systems Managers
18 $198,390 +9.9%
Cvs Pharmacy
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
12 $169,547 +6%
Workday
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
8 $180,187 +12.6%
Caremark
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
8 $162,203 +1.4%
Charles Schwab &
SOC 15-1299 · Computer Occupations, All Other
7 $158,043 -13.3%
Charles Schwab &
SOC 11-3021 · Computer and Information Systems Managers
5 $192,800 +6.8%

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 Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior90 LCAs · median $168,652
  • Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering74 LCAs · median $191,527
  • Manager I, Software Development & Engineering17 LCAs · median $163,375
  • Manager II, Software Development & Engineering14 LCAs · median $163,667

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