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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