H-1B job title salary

Software Engineering Systems

#137 most-filed title 432 certified LCAs filed under 10 occupations

Median salary

$181,100

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$157,581 – $206,122

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+2.87%

-0.25% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

0.1%

432 filings

Software Engineering Systems pay range

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

P10$147,400

P25$157,581

Median$181,100

P75$206,122

P90$224,751

Median by H-1B wage level

Level II$143,45014 LCAs

Level III$152,02736 LCAs

Level IV$184,97488 LCAs

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

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

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 91%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 3%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Software Developers 15-1252	91.44%	395	$157,800	$181,100	$206,138
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072	3.24%	14	$139,500	$152,198	$173,663
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253	2.78%	12	$163,740	$165,422	$185,224

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

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
Apple SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers	395	$181,100	only sponsor
Apple SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	14	$152,198	only sponsor
Apple SOC 15-1253 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	12	$165,422	only sponsor