Senior Software Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 9,351 wage applications for Senior Software Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 2,411 employers. The median offered wage was $152,000, 3.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. filed the most (610, median $150,080).
- Filings
- 9,351
- Positions covered
- 15,921
- Employers
- 2,411
- Median offered
- $152,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $139,152
- Filings since FY2020
- 67,438
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +26%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Senior Software Engineer jobs rose 26%, from $121,861 in fiscal 2020 to $153,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 12,802 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 Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 7,179 | $153,000 | +3.5% | $140,026 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 10,256 | $147,846 | +5.4% | $133,432 | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 9,544 | $140,274 | +5.2% | $127,878 | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 9,580 | $133,390 | +0.5% | $120,328 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 12,802 | $132,683 | +4.1% | $119,933 | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 8,873 | $127,500 | +4.6% | $118,456 | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 9,204 | $121,861 | n/a | $113,381 | +4.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 610 | $150,080 | +20.1% | |
| PayPal, Inc. | 333 | $169,576 | +8.8% | |
| U.S. Bank National Association | 172 | $133,536 | at the minimum | |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 167 | $182,523 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 164 | $236,000 | +8.4% | |
| Bloomberg L.P. | 160 | $160,805 | at the minimum | |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 155 | $224,100 | +11.0% | |
| Optum Services, Inc. | 123 | $125,798 | at the minimum | |
| General Motors | 119 | $152,903 | +8.5% | |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 115 | $133,536 | at the minimum | |
| American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | 88 | $167,154 | +9.5% | |
| Docusign Inc. | 86 | $187,574 | at the minimum | |
| Mastercard Technologies, LLC | 82 | $115,000 | +18.1% | |
| Snowflake Inc. | 81 | $200,000 | at the minimum | |
| GlobalLogic Inc. | 79 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
| Databricks, Inc. | 79 | $190,000 | at the minimum | |
| Intuit Inc. | 73 | $175,100 | at the minimum | |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 70 | $173,361 | at the minimum | |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | 64 | $154,606 | at the minimum | |
| Roblox Corporation | 63 | $255,200 | +30.5% | |
| J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. | 61 | $140,080 | +31.9% | |
| Rocket Limited Partnership | 59 | $120,500 | +0.1% | |
| Deere & Company | 55 | $129,210 | +4.9% | |
| Humana Inc. | 50 | $130,645 | at the minimum | |
| Pinterest, Inc. | 50 | $212,202 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 2,411. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Senior Software Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 515 | $172,966 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 509 | $175,050 | +3.1% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 479 | $200,000 | +8.2% | |
| San Jose, CA | 390 | $181,953 | +7.2% | |
| Bentonville, AR | 319 | $134,461 | +41.8% | |
| Austin, TX | 242 | $145,600 | +4.6% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 237 | $133,536 | at the minimum | |
| Seattle, WA | 234 | $205,000 | +5.1% | |
| Mountain View, CA | 202 | $210,000 | +0.8% | |
| Irving, TX | 201 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Bellevue, WA | 182 | $187,000 | +0.5% | |
| Chicago, IL | 145 | $143,000 | +1.8% | |
| Dallas, TX | 123 | $134,971 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 117 | $136,200 | +3.3% | |
| Boston, MA | 111 | $154,606 | +0.3% | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 111 | $173,873 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 107 | $152,280 | +5.0% | |
| San Mateo, CA | 102 | $228,185 | +21.1% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 92 | $200,000 | +1.2% | |
| Plano, TX | 86 | $128,585 | +0.1% | |
| San Diego, CA | 84 | $149,592 | at the minimum | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 80 | $130,707 | at the minimum | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 80 | $206,315 | +6.6% | |
| Natick, MA | 71 | $154,606 | at the minimum | |
| O'Fallon, MO | 66 | $115,000 | +18.1% | |
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.
- 57 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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