Embedded Software Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 208 wage applications for Embedded Software Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 91 employers. The median offered wage was $105,373, 1.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Caterpillar Inc. filed the most (16, median $92,789).

Filings: 208
Positions covered: 204
Employers: 91
Median offered: $105,373
Median prevailing wage: $98,550
Filings since FY2020: 1,304
Median offer change since FY2020: +21%

Embedded Software Engineer, all employers208 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$105,373Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$92,789 to $127,556Where the middle half of the filings fall

$98,550Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Embedded Software Engineer jobs rose 21%, from $87,339 in fiscal 2020 to $106,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 212 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.

Embedded Software Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	170	$106,000	+1.4%	$99,445	+1.1%
2025	212	$104,520	+1.2%	$97,032	+2.4%
2024	189	$103,293	−0.5%	$94,006	+3.2%
2023	182	$103,813	+6.1%	$94,411	+5.8%
2022	180	$97,880	+7.6%	$93,985	+3.1%
2021	196	$90,979	+4.2%	$81,578	+4.3%
2020	175	$87,339	n/a	$79,498	+1.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Caterpillar Inc.	16	$92,789	at the minimum
Meta Platforms, Inc	13	$216,284	+13.4%
Cintal, Inc.	11	$99,840	+14.2%
Tek Labs, Inc.	8	$95,639	at the minimum
BrightSharks Engineering Services LLC	6	$83,325	+1.1%
Pentangle Tech Services LLC	6	$104,039	at the minimum
Ford Motor Company	6	$126,620	at the minimum
Ardor IT Solutions Inc	5	$85,842	at the minimum
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	4	$133,380	+32.3%
Zipline International Inc.	4	$183,787	+0.1%
Fiori Technology Solutions, Inc.	4	$104,500	+0.4%
Kriwin LLC	4	$73,500	+0.3%
Quasistatics Inc.	4	$84,525	+6.3%
Diversified Services Network, Inc.	4	$90,959	+8.3%
S3STAFFINGUSA Inc	4	$93,195	+2.0%
Tata Technologies, Inc.	3	$108,160	+43.4%
Etas, Inc.	3	$138,486	at the minimum
Innominds Systems Inc	3	$88,150	at the minimum
Pi Square Technologies LLC	3	$98,900	at the minimum
Nachway Consulting LLC	3	$92,789	at the minimum
General Motors	3	$140,000	+32.1%
LER TechForce, LLC	3	$91,707	+20.8%
CNH Industrial America LLC	3	$115,000	+9.1%
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC	2	$139,772	+33.9%
Hummingbird TekSystems Inc	2	$97,167	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 91. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Embedded Software Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Chillicothe, IL	47	$93,600	+0.3%
Columbus, IN	8	$100,939	+11.7%
Auburn Hills, MI	7	$110,656	+8.3%
Peoria, IL	6	$92,789	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	6	$231,301	+10.5%
Mossville, IL	5	$108,160	+0.2%
Redmond, WA	5	$216,284	+1.9%
South San Francisco, CA	5	$180,000	+0.2%
Frisco, TX	4	$104,500	+0.4%
New York, NY	4	$214,032	+23.4%
Plymouth, MI	4	$131,643	+3.5%
West Lafayette, IN	4	$84,525	+6.3%
Charlotte, NC	3	$85,842	at the minimum
Lisle, IL	3	$88,150	at the minimum
Milford, MI	3	$135,000	+1.1%
Oak Brook, IL	3	$108,077	at the minimum
Sugar Land, TX	3	$134,680	+35.2%
Albuquerque, NM	2	$99,450	+0.6%
Allen Park, MI	2	$107,840	+5.5%
Aubrey, TX	2	$131,087	+7.0%
Burlington, MA	2	$135,417	at the minimum
Canton, MI	2	$104,826	+11.5%
Carrollton, TX	2	$104,780	at the minimum
Erie, PA	2	$81,596	+18.7%
Girard, OH	2	$84,089	+2.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry21%

Level II, qualified53%

Level III, experienced16%

Level IV, fully competent11%

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.