H-1B job title salary

Specialist, Software Development & Engineering

#629 most-filed title 75 certified LCAs filed under 3 occupations
Median salary
$130,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$119,075 – $138,663
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-0.47%
-3.49% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0%
75 filings

Specialist, Software Development & Engineering pay range

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

P10$110,573
P25$119,075
Median$130,000
P75$138,663
P90$142,243
Median by H-1B wage level
Level II$119,06019 LCAs
Level III$137,15041 LCAs
Level IV$129,0168 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Specialist, 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 64%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 35%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Software Developers 15-1252 64% 48 $128,518 $135,724 $140,000
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 34.67% 26 $113,936 $121,340 $129,616

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Specialist, 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
48 $135,724 only sponsor
Charles Schwab &
SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
26 $121,340 only sponsor

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 Specialist - Software Development & Engineering60 LCAs · median $135,000
  • Specialist - Software Development & Engineering15 LCAs · median $111,319

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