Software Development Engineer
Median salary
$154,400
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$131,016 – $180,710
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-3.07%
-6.01% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
2.1%
10,913 filings
Software Development Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$126,880
P25$131,016
Median$154,400
P75$180,710
P90$205,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$129,0003,007 LCAs
Level II$161,7004,654 LCAs
Level III$191,8861,634 LCAs
Level IV$187,000447 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Software Development Engineer 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 98%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 1%Computer Programmers 0%Computer and Information Systems Managers 0%Data Scientists 0%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 0%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 97.67% | 10,659 | $131,082 | $154,400 | $180,710 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 0.93% | 102 | $130,000 | $159,336 | $181,661 |
| Computer Programmers 15-1251 | 0.31% | 34 | $102,877 | $130,853 | $145,000 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021 | 0.3% | 33 | $188,200 | $216,590 | $219,300 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 0.16% | 17 | $140,000 | $162,000 | $163,322 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | 0.13% | 14 | $151,713 | $178,617 | $194,908 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 0.12% | 13 | $105,560 | $128,798 | $198,300 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244 | 0.07% | 8 | $133,192 | $150,333 | $176,500 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 0.05% | 6 | $149,340 | $157,840 | $172,370 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Software Development Engineer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 7,743 | $155,000 | +0.4% |
| Adobe | 415 | $187,741 | +21.6% |
| Apple | 321 | $181,532 | +17.6% |
| Expedia | 180 | $149,240 | -3.3% |
| Cvs Shared Resources | 144 | $130,000 | -15.8% |
| Tesla | 139 | $184,528 | +19.5% |
| Cvs Pharmacy | 110 | $142,110 | -8% |
| Workday | 100 | $159,855 | +3.5% |
| Yahoo | 99 | $155,522 | +0.7% |
| Audible | 85 | $158,100 | +2.4% |
| Annapurna Labs U S | 58 | $176,600 | +14.4% |
| Apple | 53 | $179,394 | +12.6% |
| Zoom Communications | 49 | $153,100 | -0.8% |
| Caremark | 49 | $133,250 | -13.7% |
| Environmental Research Institute | 45 | $130,000 | -15.8% |
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.
- Software Development Engineer II4,078 LCAs · median $165,200
- Software Development Engineer I2,794 LCAs · median $129,000
- Software Development Engineer III1,280 LCAs · median $204,660
- Senior Software Development Engineer807 LCAs · median $151,059
- Software Development Engineer - Test195 LCAs · median $181,100
- Software Development Engineer - Firmware100 LCAs · median $181,100
- Senior Software Development Engineer - Engineer28 LCAs · median $189,000
- Software Development Engineer - Security26 LCAs · median $212,202