Senior Developer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 373 wage applications for Senior Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 153 employers. The median offered wage was $133,536, 0.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. HCL America Inc filed the most (26, median $79,155).

Filings: 373
Positions covered: 366
Employers: 153
Median offered: $133,536
Median prevailing wage: $129,042
Filings since FY2020: 3,964
Median offer change since FY2020: +23%

Senior Developer, all employers373 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$133,536Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$114,169 to $154,482Where the middle half of the filings fall

$129,042Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Developer jobs rose 23%, from $110,000 in fiscal 2020 to $135,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 762 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 Developer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	264	$135,000	+4.3%	$130,707	+0.2%
2025	456	$129,400	+4.7%	$123,614	+1.6%
2024	578	$123,614	+2.8%	$118,352	+0.8%
2023	533	$120,193	−0.7%	$114,067	+0.1%
2022	762	$120,994	+0.8%	$111,176	+1.1%
2021	650	$120,000	+9.1%	$111,176	+1.9%
2020	721	$110,000	n/a	$103,449	+0.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
HCL America Inc	26	$79,155	at the minimum
SAP Labs, LLC	21	$162,000	+11.6%
Ariba, Inc.	20	$161,342	+13.1%
Health Care Service Corporation	17	$130,707	at the minimum
SuccessFactors, Inc.	15	$154,636	+6.2%
Endava Solutions, LLC	12	$100,693	at the minimum
Concur Technologies, Inc.	11	$158,490	+18.8%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.	11	$126,090	at the minimum
Ice Data Analytics, LLC	9	$152,200	at the minimum
Nagarro, Inc	8	$102,752	at the minimum
NC Health Affiliates, LLC	7	$136,620	+13.5%
Endava, Inc.	7	$114,208	at the minimum
Ice Data Services, Inc.	6	$155,850	at the minimum
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.	6	$112,674	at the minimum
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA)	6	$136,000	+6.7%
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.	6	$151,000	at the minimum
SAP America, Inc.	5	$159,192	+16.7%
Barclays Services Corp.	4	$179,500	+14.7%
IBM Corporation	3	$131,560	at the minimum
Callidus Software, Inc.	3	$159,860	+11.0%
Aicomp Consulting, Inc.	3	$127,837	+10.1%
Ceres Group, LLC	3	$114,400	+10.8%
ExlService.com, LLC	3	$128,139	+12.7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina	3	$132,885	+1.6%
Royal Cyber Inc	3	$124,478	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 153. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Developer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Palo Alto, CA	45	$161,388	+10.5%
Atlanta, GA	17	$133,000	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	12	$130,707	at the minimum
New York, NY	12	$184,800	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	9	$162,449	+6.9%
Charlotte, NC	9	$131,500	at the minimum
Jacksonville, FL	9	$125,200	at the minimum
Nashville, TN	8	$123,219	+0.9%
San Jose, CA	8	$131,560	at the minimum
San Ramon, CA	8	$166,409	+8.8%
Frisco, TX	7	$136,000	+5.4%
Reston, VA	7	$135,420	+5.1%
Richardson, TX	7	$134,971	at the minimum
Irving, TX	6	$121,462	at the minimum
Austin, TX	5	$76,315	at the minimum
Los Angeles, CA	5	$155,100	at the minimum
Tampa, FL	5	$78,374	at the minimum
Alpharetta, GA	4	$109,283	+1.6%
Pittsburgh, PA	4	$119,475	at the minimum
San Antonio, TX	4	$86,579	at the minimum
Washington, DC	4	$137,072	+7.3%
Allen, TX	3	$140,620	+7.9%
Columbia, SC	3	$132,885	+1.6%
Dallas, TX	3	$114,400	+1.3%
Durham, NC	3	$140,713	+12.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry11%

Level II, qualified38%

Level III, experienced32%

Level IV, fully competent20%

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.