Developer roles with the fastest-rising (and cooling) pay

A disclosed-wage trend is the change in a role's median base pay over time, measured from the wages U.S. employers certify on H-1B/LCA visa filings. The roles below are ranked by how far that median has moved from the first quarter on record to the latest — the ones pulling away at the top, the ones cooling below. Open any role for its full quarter-by-quarter band.

Fastest-rising pay

Developer roles whose disclosed median base wage has climbed the most — ranked by the size of the rise.

No role has a material rise on record yet.

Cooling pay

Developer roles whose disclosed median base wage has fallen the most — the cooling end of the same series.

RoleChangeDisclosed median
Mobile Engineer Down 11% Since 2024US$136,230 from US$152,884 · Q3 2024Q4 2025

Disclosed wage data from the U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC.

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