Senior Application Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 139 wage applications for Senior Application Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 58 employers. The median offered wage was $122,084, 2.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Bitwise Inc. filed the most (22, median $108,650).

Filings: 139
Positions covered: 138
Employers: 58
Median offered: $122,084
Median prevailing wage: $119,330
Filings since FY2020: 971
Median offer change since FY2020: +23%

Senior Application Engineer, all employers139 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$122,084Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$110,656 to $144,630Where the middle half of the filings fall

$119,330Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Application Engineer jobs rose 23%, from $99,033 in fiscal 2020 to $122,032 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 181 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.

Senior Application Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	121	$122,032	+1.6%	$119,276	+3.2%
2025	149	$120,068	−0.6%	$116,438	+2.5%
2024	135	$120,750	+5.0%	$114,226	+1.7%
2023	142	$115,000	−2.5%	$107,173	+1.8%
2022	181	$117,978	+7.4%	$110,708	+1.0%
2021	111	$109,800	+10.9%	$101,507	at the minimum
2020	132	$99,033	n/a	$95,368	+0.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Bitwise Inc.	22	$108,650	+5.3%
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	12	$115,666	at the minimum
HCA Management Services LP	11	$122,117	at the minimum
Navy Federal Credit Union	9	$171,233	+11.0%
Rocket Limited Partnership	9	$134,971	+0.1%
Radiant Global Technologies, Inc.	7	$108,600	+9.8%
Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership	5	$129,115	+1.3%
Google LLC	4	$186,500	+31.4%
Schneider Electric USA, Inc.	4	$114,415	+3.3%
Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.	3	$185,578	+9.0%
Docusign Inc.	2	$187,574	at the minimum
IP Infusion, Inc.	2	$151,416	+41.7%
Parallon Revenue Cycle Services	2	$122,013	at the minimum
The MathWorks, Inc.	2	$156,239	at the minimum
Headway Technologies, Inc.	2	$165,006	+21.9%
Belkin International Inc.	1	$120,312	+10.4%
NVIDIA Corporation	1	$148,000	+0.3%
Hyundai AutoEver America, LLC	1	$160,802	+11.3%
Siemens Industry Software Inc.	1	$108,500	+12.2%
Appian Corporation	1	$115,000	+16.3%
Renesas Electronics America Inc.	1	$136,710	+7.9%
Georgia-Pacific LLC	1	$145,000	+10.9%
Control Infotech, Inc.	1	$105,000	+4.0%
Atlanticus Services Corporation	1	$135,000	+3.3%
Apptronik, Inc.	1	$116,605	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 58. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Application Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Schaumburg, IL	21	$108,100	+4.8%
Nashville, TN	11	$122,117	at the minimum
Austin, TX	9	$116,605	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	9	$119,664	at the minimum
Vienna, VA	7	$171,233	+6.7%
Grand Rapids, MI	5	$129,115	+1.3%
Milpitas, CA	5	$165,006	+9.0%
Houston, TX	4	$119,330	at the minimum
Santa Clara, CA	4	$156,853	at the minimum
Detroit, MI	3	$120,500	+0.1%
Plano, TX	3	$110,160	+11.3%
Atlanta, GA	2	$140,000	+7.1%
New York, NY	2	$155,354	+2.4%
Novi, MI	2	$104,630	+14.1%
Prosper, TX	2	$121,786	+4.9%
Aberdeen, MD	1	$148,000	+0.3%
Allen, TX	1	$134,971	at the minimum
Aubrey, TX	1	$134,971	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$130,000	+3.7%
Beaverton, OR	1	$122,931	at the minimum
Bowie, MD	1	$155,000	+1.9%
Columbus, OH	1	$125,751	+21.9%
Dublin, CA	1	$187,574	at the minimum
Durham, NC	1	$105,000	+4.0%
El Segundo, CA	1	$120,312	+10.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry3%

Level II, qualified33%

Level III, experienced48%

Level IV, fully competent16%

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.