Senior Software Developer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 1,669 wage applications for Senior Software Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 580 employers. The median offered wage was $129,667, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Kforce Inc. filed the most (279, median $112,923).
- Filings
- 1,669
- Positions covered
- 4,731
- Employers
- 580
- Median offered
- $129,667
- Median prevailing wage
- $119,787
- Filings since FY2020
- 18,277
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +23%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Senior Software Developer jobs rose 23%, from $105,500 in fiscal 2020 to $130,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 4,789 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 Software Developer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1,221 | $130,000 | +4.0% | $122,013 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 1,947 | $125,000 | +7.8% | $112,923 | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 2,074 | $116,000 | −0.8% | $105,997 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,344 | $116,938 | +6.3% | $102,482 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,870 | $110,000 | +4.8% | $100,360 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,032 | $105,000 | −0.5% | $96,450 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 4,789 | $105,500 | n/a | $97,656 | +0.3% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kforce Inc. | 279 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Randstad Digital, LLC | 168 | $133,536 | +14.7% | |
| Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. | 64 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Mastech Digital Resourcing, Inc. | 48 | $150,041 | at the minimum | |
| Paycom Payroll, LLC | 44 | $136,000 | +22.5% | |
| Beacon Hill Solutions Group LLC | 41 | $132,080 | +1.3% | |
| HTC Global Services Inc. | 28 | $130,894 | at the minimum | |
| United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC | 20 | $130,000 | +8.0% | |
| HCL Global Systems Inc | 16 | $132,569 | at the minimum | |
| Infowave Systems Inc | 15 | $129,000 | +1.7% | |
| Paramount Software Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Quinnox, Inc. | 12 | $123,350 | +0.2% | |
| Ciberlynx Inc | 9 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Saturn Tech LLC | 9 | $106,000 | at the minimum | |
| Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $114,754 | +6.7% | |
| Da Vinci Software Solutions LLC | 8 | $147,472 | +6.5% | |
| Millennium Info Tech, Inc. | 8 | $131,000 | +0.2% | |
| IBM Corporation | 7 | $224,824 | +15.1% | |
| ULINE, Inc. | 7 | $127,754 | +0.3% | |
| Galax-Esystems Corporation | 7 | $135,200 | +0.2% | |
| Experis US, LLC | 7 | $133,536 | at the minimum | |
| Sonatus, Inc. | 7 | $188,000 | +0.1% | |
| Cyma Systems Inc | 6 | $136,650 | +0.1% | |
| STERIS Corporation | 6 | $112,000 | +15.0% | |
| Computer Aid, Inc | 6 | $132,001 | +1.5% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 580. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Senior Software Developer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake, TX | 86 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Irving, TX | 74 | $134,500 | +3.7% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 57 | $130,000 | +1.1% | |
| Plano, TX | 46 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 36 | $113,547 | +0.2% | |
| Houston, TX | 28 | $124,919 | +7.3% | |
| Austin, TX | 27 | $115,000 | at the minimum | |
| Durham, NC | 23 | $139,214 | at the minimum | |
| Chicago, IL | 22 | $110,962 | at the minimum | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 21 | $113,235 | at the minimum | |
| Pontiac, MI | 20 | $130,000 | +8.0% | |
| New York, NY | 19 | $160,805 | +0.9% | |
| Smithfield, RI | 19 | $128,586 | at the minimum | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 17 | $131,997 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 17 | $134,971 | +5.8% | |
| Albany, NY | 16 | $102,905 | at the minimum | |
| Dallas, TX | 16 | $114,877 | at the minimum | |
| Prosper, TX | 15 | $138,258 | +1.3% | |
| San Antonio, TX | 15 | $106,579 | at the minimum | |
| Tampa, FL | 15 | $123,250 | at the minimum | |
| Cumming, GA | 14 | $130,707 | +0.5% | |
| Frisco, TX | 14 | $134,971 | +0.1% | |
| Merrimack, NH | 14 | $125,029 | at the minimum | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | $128,440 | at the minimum | |
| Baltimore, MD | 12 | $122,100 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 19 filings are 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.
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