H-1B job title salary

Specialist, Software Engineering

#253 most-filed title 232 certified LCAs filed under 7 occupations
Median salary
$112,341
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$105,227 – $131,205
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+0.3%
-2.74% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0%
232 filings

Specialist, Software Engineering pay range

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

P10$97,405
P25$105,227
Median$112,341
P75$131,205
P90$145,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$118,0007 LCAs
Level II$111,499211 LCAs
Level III$150,0005 LCAs
Level IV$154,6696 LCAs

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

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Specialist, 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 90%Computer Occupations, All Other 6%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Software Developers 15-1252 89.66% 208 $106,537 $112,923 $130,362
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 6.47% 15 $92,581 $130,000 $140,000

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

Top H-1B sponsors for Specialist, 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
Ust Global
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
139 $110,110 -2.5%
Ltimindtree
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
32 $125,767 +11.4%
Ltimindtree
SOC 15-1299 · Computer Occupations, All Other
15 $130,000 only sponsor
At&t
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
9 $118,800 +5.2%
Ust Healthproof
SOC 15-1252 · Software Developers
8 $105,997 -6.1%

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.

  • Specialist I - Software Engineering118 LCAs · median $109,884
  • Senior Specialist - Software Engineering49 LCAs · median $131,000
  • Specialist II - Software Engineering33 LCAs · median $110,600
  • Specialist - Software Engineering32 LCAs · median $112,923

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