Application Developer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 1,005 wage applications for Application Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 316 employers. The median offered wage was $109,065, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. IBM Corporation filed the most (323, median $102,125).
- Filings
- 1,005
- Positions covered
- 1,001
- Employers
- 316
- Median offered
- $109,065
- Median prevailing wage
- $107,557
- Filings since FY2020
- 10,398
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +29%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Application Developer jobs rose 29%, from $84,406 in fiscal 2020 to $109,065 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 2,694 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Application Developer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 805 | $109,065 | +3.6% | $108,077 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 1,264 | $105,227 | +6.3% | $103,824 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 1,319 | $98,987 | +0.7% | $96,886 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 1,360 | $98,301 | +4.5% | $95,514 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 1,514 | $94,037 | +4.5% | $92,082 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 1,442 | $90,000 | +6.6% | $87,485 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 2,694 | $84,406 | n/a | $81,931 | at the minimum |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Corporation | 323 | $102,125 | at the minimum | |
| ADP Technology Services, Inc. | 54 | $108,835 | at the minimum | |
| Itek Info Inc | 30 | $115,500 | +0.5% | |
| Astir IT Solutions, Inc | 21 | $103,500 | +0.1% | |
| Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc. | 17 | $112,466 | at the minimum | |
| Astir Services LLC | 15 | $108,500 | +0.3% | |
| Artech, LLC | 14 | $128,960 | +7.2% | |
| Technovision Solution LLC | 9 | $100,526 | at the minimum | |
| Munich Re America Services, Inc. | 9 | $129,130 | +7.1% | |
| Cira Tek Inc | 9 | $97,386 | at the minimum | |
| Sriven Technologies, LLC. | 8 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Astir Technologies, LLC | 7 | $93,500 | +2.9% | |
| Saika Technologies Inc | 7 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Genome International Corporation | 6 | $114,213 | at the minimum | |
| USG, Inc. | 6 | $97,000 | +2.0% | |
| Cerebra Consulting, Inc. | 6 | $115,500 | +1.1% | |
| MSR Technology Group LLC | 6 | $118,040 | at the minimum | |
| Atos Syntel Inc | 6 | $128,125 | +5.7% | |
| Ardor IT Solutions Inc | 6 | $92,488 | at the minimum | |
| LinQ Global Group LLC | 5 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Barclays Services Corp. | 5 | $169,444 | +10.1% | |
| Sage IT Inc | 5 | $105,206 | at the minimum | |
| Pride Technologies LLC | 5 | $168,448 | +29.4% | |
| Sim Infotech, Inc. | 5 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Avco Consulting, Inc. | 5 | $103,627 | +12.8% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 316. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Application Developer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | 59 | $109,680 | +0.2% | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 54 | $108,835 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 32 | $102,211 | at the minimum | |
| Parsippany, NJ | 31 | $103,917 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 29 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Irving, TX | 27 | $103,690 | at the minimum | |
| Newark, NJ | 26 | $126,475 | at the minimum | |
| West Sacramento, CA | 26 | $118,706 | at the minimum | |
| Charlotte, NC | 18 | $112,500 | +0.1% | |
| Roseland, NJ | 18 | $109,065 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 16 | $129,996 | +16.9% | |
| Bothell, WA | 15 | $150,000 | +0.5% | |
| San Antonio, TX | 15 | $104,749 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 13 | $112,674 | at the minimum | |
| Portland, OR | 13 | $103,730 | at the minimum | |
| Bloomington, IL | 12 | $97,485 | +5.6% | |
| Columbus, OH | 11 | $120,973 | +0.2% | |
| Mckinney, TX | 11 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 10 | $132,000 | at the minimum | |
| Durham, NC | 9 | $102,038 | +0.2% | |
| Frisco, TX | 9 | $112,923 | +0.1% | |
| Herndon, VA | 9 | $130,541 | +0.1% | |
| Middletown, NJ | 9 | $127,234 | at the minimum | |
| Coppell, TX | 8 | $109,533 | +11.2% | |
| Raleigh, NC | 8 | $115,128 | +1.4% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 13 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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