Web developers build and maintain websites and web applications. Based on 2,755 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Web Developer is $107,661 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $55,952 |
| 25th | $77,700 |
| 50th (median) | $107,661 |
| 75th | $140,541 |
| 90th (senior) | $174,441 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 1,531 matched Web Developers petitions.
The median worker is paid 10.1% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 11.2% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 60.3% are paid above their posted wage, 38.5% at it, and 1.2% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 2,755 filings, 278 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 2,477 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 90% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAPPHIRE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS INC | 32 | $128,731 |
| 2 | Cisco Systems Capital Corporation | 31 | $147,512 |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation | 30 | $153,532 |
| 4 | ADOBE INC. | 27 | $157,446 |
| 5 | WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. | 25 | $147,862 |
| 6 | BYTEDANCE INC. | 25 | $157,835 |
| 7 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 21 | $96,952 |
| 8 | BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC | 21 | $88,660 |
| 9 | PayPal, Inc. | 20 | $146,224 |
| 10 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 19 | $173,761 |
| 11 | APPLE INC. | 18 | $160,051 |
| 12 | Intuit Inc. | 17 | $145,283 |
| 13 | SPARTAN SOLUTIONS INC. | 16 | $59,938 |
| 14 | Salesforce, Inc. | 16 | $145,684 |
| 15 | DoorDash, Inc. | 15 | $173,645 |
| 16 | AMAZON CORPORATE LLC | 15 | $77,397 |
| 17 | LinkedIn Corporation | 13 | $149,530 |
| 18 | Executive Software Guild Inc | 11 | $107,224 |
| 19 | VIRTUSA CORPORATION | 11 | $85,849 |
| 20 | HORIZON INTERNATIONAL TRD. INC. | 10 | $96,666 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 422 | $116,971 |
| New York | 188 | $126,806 |
| Texas | 113 | $83,108 |
| New Jersey | 76 | $81,450 |
| Virginia | 69 | $111,821 |
| Washington | 61 | $104,910 |
| Massachusetts | 49 | $92,295 |
| Florida | 45 | $70,660 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | $87,027 |
| Illinois | 29 | $76,426 |
| Georgia | 27 | $82,020 |
| Tennessee | 20 | $66,227 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.