Consulting/Principal Software Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 31 wage applications for Consulting/Principal Software Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 6 employers. The median offered wage was $160,007, 7.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. RELX, Inc. filed the most (16, median $164,844).

Filings: 31
Positions covered: 31
Employers: 6
Median offered: $160,007
Median prevailing wage: $139,027
Filings since FY2020: 101
Median offer change since FY2022: +19%

Consulting/Principal Software Engineer, all employers31 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$160,007Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$143,692 to $167,368Where the middle half of the filings fall

$139,027Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Consulting/Principal Software Engineer jobs rose 19%, from $134,500 in fiscal 2022 to $160,007 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 30 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.

Consulting/Principal Software Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	21	$160,007	+12.1%	$139,027	+6.9%
2025	22	$142,738	−1.6%	$127,775	+11.7%
2024	30	$145,000	+1.8%	$129,855	+7.9%
2023	18	$142,390	+5.9%	$127,629	+13.8%
2022	8	$134,500	n/a	$123,302	+9.1%
2021	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2020	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
RELX, Inc.	16	$164,844	+9.0%
LexisNexis Risk Data Management LLC	5	$136,000	+12.1%
Elsevier, Inc.	4	$160,886	+6.2%
LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions, Inc.	2	$135,172	+12.0%
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc.	2	$146,877	+5.6%
LNRS Data Services Inc.	2	$186,264	+15.8%

Where Consulting/Principal Software Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Raleigh, NC	8	$164,844	+9.0%
Cary, NC	3	$144,106	+6.4%
Alpharetta, GA	1	$136,000	+24.4%
Austin, TX	1	$148,753	+6.9%
Berkeley Heights, NJ	1	$186,264	+15.8%
Boca Raton, FL	1	$143,277	+3.6%
Charlotte, NC	1	$173,016	+11.9%
Chesterfield, NJ	1	$154,000	+17.0%
Dawsonville, GA	1	$136,000	+24.4%
East Brunswick, NJ	1	$186,264	+15.8%
Franklin, OH	1	$145,000	+4.3%
Garner, NC	1	$155,445	+14.8%
Holly Springs, NC	1	$164,688	+4.7%
Houston, TX	1	$160,007	+6.9%
Katy, TX	1	$160,007	+6.9%
Lake Worth, FL	1	$143,277	+3.6%
Leander, TX	1	$164,566	+0.6%
Lewis Center, OH	1	$135,650	+12.1%
Mantua, NJ	1	$161,764	+5.5%
New Hill, NC	1	$169,736	+7.9%
Pittsboro, NC	1	$182,580	+12.9%
Round Rock, TX	1	$116,344	+6.9%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified10%

Level III, experienced48%

Level IV, fully competent42%

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.