Software Engineering
Median salary
$180,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$160,160 – $203,100
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+7.14%
+3.89% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
1.1%
5,409 filings
Software Engineering pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$143,650
P25$160,160
Median$180,000
P75$203,100
P90$230,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$135,072338 LCAs
Level II$161,4691,938 LCAs
Level III$190,9022,078 LCAs
Level IV$225,670761 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Software Engineering 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%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 0%Database Architects 0%Computer Occupations, All Other 0%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 98.82% | 5,345 | $160,000 | $179,863 | $202,393 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 0.46% | 25 | $164,620 | $195,084 | $233,255 |
| Database Architects 15-1243 | 0.28% | 15 | $194,126 | $233,500 | $263,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 0.15% | 8 | $122,164 | $172,798 | $230,056 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Software Engineering
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 4,637 | $175,748 | -2.3% |
| Salesforce | 595 | $222,096 | +23.5% |
| At&t | 29 | $152,391 | -15.3% |
| Mufg Bank | 21 | $148,460 | -17.5% |
| Salesforce | 20 | $216,275 | +10.9% |
| Salesforce | 14 | $235,650 | +0.9% |
| Meta | 12 | $189,600 | +5.4% |
| General Motors | 8 | $147,470 | -18% |
| Salesforce | 5 | $226,682 | +31.2% |
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 Engineering, SMTS345 LCAs · median $204,892
- Software Engineering, LMTS228 LCAs · median $241,660
- Software Engineering - PMTS67 LCAs · median $283,900
- Senior Software Engineering40 LCAs · median $150,000
- Software Engineering - Senior Engineer7 LCAs · median $150,758