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Senior Software Engineer/Developer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 403 wage applications for Senior Software Engineer/Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $116,709, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments filed the most (380, median $116,709).

Filings
403
Positions covered
399
Employers
12
Median offered
$116,709
Median prevailing wage
$116,709
Filings since FY2020
2,668
Median offer change since FY2020
+28%
Senior Software Engineer/Developer, all employers403 filings, July 2025 to June 2026
$116,709Median wage employers told the government they would pay
$112,923 to $116,709Where the middle half of the filings fall
$116,709Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Software Engineer/Developer jobs rose 28%, from $90,855 in fiscal 2020 to $116,709 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 505 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$80k$100k$120k$91k$91k$95k$101k$110k$115k$117k2902020497202150520223042023348202438820253362026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Senior Software Engineer/Developer by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)336$116,709+1.1%$116,709at the minimum
2025388$115,408+4.6%$112,923at the minimum
2024348$110,365+8.8%$110,365at the minimum
2023304$101,421+7.0%$101,109at the minimum
2022505$94,806+3.9%$94,027at the minimum
2021497$91,291+0.5%$90,147at the minimum
2020290$90,855n/a$90,147at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

EmployerFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments380$116,709at the minimum
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company d/b/a Fidelity Investments6$112,923at the minimum
National Charitable Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments3$112,923at the minimum
PMG Global Corporation3$176,800+12.6%
Fidelity Workplace Investing LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments2$123,896+9.8%
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments2$113,235+1.8%
FMR LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1$116,709at the minimum
Caris MPI, Inc.1$142,800+5.8%
Fidelity Private Shares LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1$112,923at the minimum
National Financial Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1$103,100at the minimum
Sriven Pros Inc1$101,358at the minimum

Showing the 11 employers with the most filings of 12. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Software Engineer/Developer jobs are filed

WorksiteFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Durham, NC166$116,709at the minimum
Westlake, TX155$112,923at the minimum
Merrimack, NH33$125,029at the minimum
Smithfield, RI13$109,512at the minimum
Jersey City, NJ11$131,997at the minimum
Covington, KY6$100,547at the minimum
Salt Lake City, UT6$104,499at the minimum
Boston, MA5$130,675at the minimum
Louisville, KY2$121,500+28.2%
Morrisville, NC2$116,709+2.8%
Bennington, NE1$101,358at the minimum
Crossroads, TX1$112,923at the minimum
Greenwood Village, CO1$117,021at the minimum
Irving, TX1$142,800+5.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%
Level II, qualified99%
Level III, experienced1%
Level IV, fully competent1%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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