Senior Backend Software Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 29 wage applications for Senior Backend Software Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 19 employers. The median offered wage was $190,000, 8.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC filed the most (6, median $282,257).

Filings: 29
Positions covered: 36
Employers: 19
Median offered: $190,000
Median prevailing wage: $178,131
Filings since FY2020: 150
Median offer change since FY2020: +24%

Senior Backend Software Engineer, all employers29 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$190,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$167,909 to $231,750Where the middle half of the filings fall

$178,131Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Backend Software Engineer jobs rose 24%, from $157,625 in fiscal 2020 to $196,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 33 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 Backend Software Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	22	$196,000	−1.8%	$178,131	+8.5%
2025	21	$199,534	+149.6%	$180,960	+13.7%
2024	23	$79,955	−54.3%	$79,955	at the minimum
2023	33	$175,000	−2.8%	$147,368	+10.7%
2022	21	$180,000	+45.6%	$139,360	+24.7%
2021	9	$123,614	−21.6%	$123,614	+5.5%
2020	21	$157,625	n/a	$137,925	+18.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC	6	$282,257	+10.9%
Seven AI, Inc.	3	$190,000	+6.7%
TikTok Inc.	3	$237,000	+13.7%
ByteDance Inc.	1	$320,000	+50.8%
Param Consulting Services, Inc	1	$150,000	+0.4%
MNTN, Inc.	1	$170,000	+3.9%
ClearBlade, Inc.	1	$137,259	+26.1%
Qualified Health PBC	1	$230,000	+22.6%
Nokia of America Corporation	1	$170,234	+8.3%
Atlassian US, Inc.	1	$190,000	+5.1%
Ubiety Technologies, Inc.	1	$135,000	+3.3%
Digital Technologies LLC	1	$107,557	at the minimum
Pinterest, Inc.	1	$180,710	at the minimum
Artificial Intelligence Staffing LLC	1	$107,557	at the minimum

Showing the 14 employers with the most filings of 19. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Backend Software Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Boston, MA	7	$160,550	+3.3%
Bellevue, WA	6	$224,601	+13.5%
San Jose, CA	4	$300,400	+13.6%
New York, NY	2	$195,500	+40.6%
Austin, TX	1	$137,259	+26.1%
Chicago, IL	1	$135,000	+3.3%
Dublin, CA	1	$230,000	+22.6%
Fremont, CA	1	$161,637	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	1	$170,234	+8.3%
Kirkland, WA	1	$190,000	+5.1%
Moutain View, CA	1	$150,000	+0.4%
Pflugerville, TX	1	$170,000	+3.9%
San Francisco, CA	1	$213,512	+13.8%
Seattle, WA	1	$180,710	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry18%

Level II, qualified14%

Level III, experienced25%

Level IV, fully competent43%

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.