H-1B job title salary

Software Engineer/Developer

#149 most-filed title 396 certified LCAs filed under 3 occupations
Median salary
$112,923
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$108,654 – $117,832
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+6.53%
+3.3% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
396 filings

Software Engineer/Developer pay range

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

P10$101,679
P25$108,654
Median$112,923
P75$117,832
P90$123,656
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$94,51529 LCAs
Level II$116,709346 LCAs

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

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SOC split

Software Engineer/Developer 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 99%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Software Developers 15-1252 99.49% 394 $108,935 $112,923 $117,832

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Top H-1B sponsors for Software Engineer/Developer

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
Fidelity Technology D/b/a Fidelity Investments
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
362 $112,923 +0%

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 Software Engineer/Developer352 LCAs · median $116,386

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