Development Expert H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 25 wage applications for Development Expert jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 6 employers. The median offered wage was $192,700, 15.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. SAP Labs, LLC filed the most (10, median $187,326).

Filings: 25
Positions covered: 25
Employers: 6
Median offered: $192,700
Median prevailing wage: $156,998
Filings since FY2020: 218
Median offer change since FY2020: +21%

Development Expert, all employers25 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$192,700Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$172,536 to $198,926Where the middle half of the filings fall

$156,998Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Development Expert jobs rose 21%, from $159,949 in fiscal 2020 to $192,834 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 38 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.

Development Expert by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	18	$192,834	+1.3%	$157,514	+13.8%
2025	30	$190,394	+1.7%	$154,681	+18.4%
2024	34	$187,158	+8.6%	$170,847	+9.1%
2023	26	$172,404	−0.1%	$161,895	+7.9%
2022	38	$172,563	+1.0%	$144,726	+15.3%
2021	38	$170,831	+6.8%	$144,726	+26.7%
2020	34	$159,949	n/a	$131,726	+21.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
SAP Labs, LLC	10	$187,326	+13.8%
Ariba, Inc.	5	$208,999	+17.4%
SuccessFactors, Inc.	5	$178,591	+8.1%
Callidus Software, Inc.	2	$148,989	+9.9%
Concur Technologies, Inc.	2	$230,677	+27.4%
SAP America, Inc.	1	$206,052	+34.4%

Where Development Expert jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Palo Alto, CA	10	$192,968	+17.6%
San Ramon, CA	4	$196,656	+17.1%
Plano, TX	3	$172,773	+11.4%
Bellevue, WA	2	$230,677	+27.4%
Hoover, AL	2	$148,989	+9.9%
Newtown Square, PA	2	$179,306	+18.8%
Chicago, IL	1	$136,111	+7.7%
Reston, VA	1	$157,906	+3.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced0%

Level IV, fully competent100%

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.
1 filing is 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.