H-1B job title salary

Software Development Lead

#849 most-filed title 52 certified LCAs filed under 2 occupations

Median salary

$114,712

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$108,544 – $133,890

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+8.45%

+5.15% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

52 filings

Software Development Lead pay range

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

P10$105,997

P25$108,544

Median$114,712

P75$133,890

P90$149,500

Median by H-1B wage level

Level II$112,92332 LCAs

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

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

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 90%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 10%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Software Developers 15-1252	90.38%	47	$111,765	$120,173	$135,102
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253	9.62%	5	$91,374	$106,454	$112,000

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

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
Brillio SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	32	$112,923	-6%
Brillio SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	5	$106,454	only sponsor

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