Engineer, Software H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 50 wage applications for Engineer, Software jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 10 employers. The median offered wage was $125,700, 11.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. T-Mobile USA, Inc. filed the most (35, median $128,945).

Filings: 50
Positions covered: 48
Employers: 10
Median offered: $125,700
Median prevailing wage: $104,348
Filings since FY2020: 306
Median offer change since FY2020: +17%

Engineer, Software, all employers50 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$125,700Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$110,228 to $136,332Where the middle half of the filings fall

$104,348Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Engineer, Software jobs rose 17%, from $110,111 in fiscal 2020 to $128,848 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 63 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.

Engineer, Software by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	35	$128,848	+12.5%	$109,283	+6.6%
2025	63	$114,532	−9.4%	$97,032	+10.1%
2024	45	$126,364	+17.9%	$108,784	+14.0%
2023	23	$107,151	−10.0%	$92,040	+14.7%
2022	56	$119,043	+19.1%	$99,715	+10.9%
2021	50	$99,960	−9.2%	$86,632	+11.2%
2020	34	$110,111	n/a	$103,158	+4.0%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	35	$128,945	+14.0%
OneMain General Services Corporation	4	$83,001	at the minimum
Celestica LLC	2	$90,896	at the minimum
Everi Payments, Inc.	2	$110,228	+12.6%
Genuine Parts Company	2	$88,930	+1.2%
NVIDIA Corporation	1	$136,727	at the minimum
Eikon Therapeutics, Inc.	1	$129,667	at the minimum
Samsung Research America, Inc.	1	$174,304	at the minimum
Alps Alpine North America, Inc.	1	$114,100	+17.6%
National Student Clearinghouse	1	$146,604	+9.8%

Where Engineer, Software jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Frisco, TX	12	$126,219	+14.0%
Overland Park, KS	9	$116,595	+17.4%
Bellevue, WA	7	$149,240	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	5	$128,945	+18.0%
Charlotte, NC	4	$83,001	at the minimum
Richardson, TX	2	$90,896	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$114,100	+17.6%
Bothell, WA	1	$139,659	+12.0%
Conroe, TX	1	$132,326	+24.9%
Evansville, IN	1	$65,936	at the minimum
Herndon, VA	1	$135,000	+33.1%
Irving, TX	1	$110,228	+21.3%
Las Vegas, NV	1	$110,228	+4.0%
Los Angeles, CA	1	$129,667	at the minimum
Mountain View, CA	1	$174,304	at the minimum
Oak Point, TX	1	$136,200	+43.3%
Santa Clara, CA	1	$136,727	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry25%

Level II, qualified65%

Level III, experienced10%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.