Director, Software Engineering H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021).

Employers filed 294 wage applications for Director, Software Engineering jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 95 employers. The median offered wage was $186,454, 3.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments filed the most (78, median $161,741).

Filings: 294
Positions covered: 348
Employers: 95
Median offered: $186,454
Median prevailing wage: $166,619
Filings since FY2020: 1,387
Median offer change since FY2020: +12%

Director, Software Engineering, all employers294 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$186,454Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$161,741 to $230,189Where the middle half of the filings fall

$166,619Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Director, Software Engineering jobs rose 12%, from $170,000 in fiscal 2020 to $189,800 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 274 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.

Director, Software Engineering by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	212	$189,800	+2.7%	$170,248	+3.7%
2025	274	$184,800	+6.8%	$166,583	+0.2%
2024	236	$173,072	+9.9%	$154,482	at the minimum
2023	218	$157,477	+6.0%	$149,469	+0.4%
2022	199	$148,500	−1.0%	$140,483	+5.2%
2021	160	$150,010	−11.8%	$141,294	at the minimum
2020	88	$170,000	n/a	$153,244	+0.3%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	78	$161,741	at the minimum
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	18	$185,587	at the minimum
Salesforce, Inc.	17	$298,851	+27.2%
Capital One Services, LLC	15	$224,000	+23.8%
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.	13	$208,033	+6.1%
Mastercard Technologies, LLC	10	$165,000	+17.8%
Lowe's Companies, Inc.	10	$154,898	at the minimum
Cisco Systems, Inc.	9	$274,497	at the minimum
Optum Services, Inc.	6	$160,664	+2.1%
PayPal, Inc.	5	$280,696	+4.0%
Manhattan Associates, Inc.	5	$210,055	at the minimum
Western Union, LLC	3	$182,160	+16.1%
Finicity Corporation	3	$201,406	at the minimum
Asurion, LLC	3	$220,054	+9.0%
Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.	3	$126,152	at the minimum
Google LLC	2	$410,500	+22.4%
RELX, Inc.	2	$225,314	+43.3%
Procore Technologies, Inc	2	$287,402	+25.8%
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc.	2	$193,269	+26.1%
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation	2	$183,600	+26.1%
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (America) Inc.	2	$156,998	at the minimum
NetJets Services Inc.	2	$187,500	+21.2%
Magna Electronics, Inc.	2	$179,681	at the minimum
QXO, Inc.	2	$285,000	+70.6%
American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida	2	$170,347	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 95. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Director, Software Engineering jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Durham, NC	45	$161,741	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	13	$185,587	at the minimum
Westlake, TX	13	$156,998	at the minimum
Phoenix, AZ	12	$206,465	+5.8%
San Francisco, CA	11	$301,147	+27.0%
San Jose, CA	10	$274,497	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	9	$154,898	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	8	$210,055	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	8	$280,673	+25.4%
Merrimack, NH	8	$155,593	at the minimum
Austin, TX	7	$210,430	+20.2%
Boston, MA	7	$163,598	at the minimum
O Fallon, MO	6	$165,000	+17.8%
New York, NY	5	$240,000	+9.6%
Smithfield, RI	5	$158,974	at the minimum
Plano, TX	4	$189,800	+20.9%
Richmond, VA	4	$214,850	+38.6%
Chicago, IL	3	$189,800	+23.8%
Fremont, CA	3	$237,300	at the minimum
Mclean, VA	3	$263,900	+50.4%
Sunrise, FL	3	$211,861	+2.2%
Arlington, VA	2	$196,993	+4.7%
Aubrey, TX	2	$156,998	at the minimum
Columbus, OH	2	$187,500	+21.2%
Coppell, TX	2	$160,087	+6.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified10%

Level III, experienced15%

Level IV, fully competent74%

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.