Software Developer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 16,508 wage applications for Software Developer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 3,784 employers. The median offered wage was $111,946, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Compunnel Software Group, Inc filed the most (860, median $120,000).
- Filings
- 16,508
- Positions covered
- 33,721
- Employers
- 3,784
- Median offered
- $111,946
- Median prevailing wage
- $109,283
- Filings since FY2020
- 153,756
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +23%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Software Developer jobs rose 23%, from $91,104 in fiscal 2020 to $112,424 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 26,653 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.
Software Developer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 12,784 | $112,424 | +6.1% | $109,512 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 19,444 | $105,997 | +4.7% | $105,206 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 24,430 | $101,192 | +2.3% | $99,694 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 25,169 | $98,904 | +5.2% | $97,179 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 26,653 | $94,037 | +1.1% | $92,082 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 20,804 | $93,000 | +2.1% | $90,022 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 24,472 | $91,104 | n/a | $89,627 | +0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 860 | $120,000 | +1.7% | |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 412 | $135,408 | at the minimum | |
| Randstad Digital, LLC | 318 | $130,000 | +6.7% | |
| LTIMindtree Limited | 294 | $106,476 | at the minimum | |
| CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. | 245 | $114,877 | at the minimum | |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 221 | $115,000 | at the minimum | |
| Apple Inc. | 150 | $149,365 | at the minimum | |
| HTC Global Services Inc. | 88 | $112,424 | at the minimum | |
| Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. | 72 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| IBM Corporation | 68 | $187,922 | +9.8% | |
| Sage IT Inc | 64 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Infocons Inc | 64 | $105,206 | at the minimum | |
| SecureNet Systems Corporation | 63 | $86,000 | +0.1% | |
| System Soft Technologies, LLC | 63 | $113,000 | +1.8% | |
| Namitus Technologies Inc | 52 | $112,980 | +0.1% | |
| Cognier Inc | 51 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Metrix IT Solutions INC | 51 | $111,072 | at the minimum | |
| Yotta Systems, Inc. | 49 | $112,725 | +0.2% | |
| Conch Technologies Inc | 47 | $90,000 | +0.4% | |
| DataEdge, Inc | 46 | $111,000 | +0.7% | |
| Federal Soft Systems Inc. | 45 | $83,658 | at the minimum | |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 44 | $100,500 | at the minimum | |
| Enlightened Solutions LLC | 44 | $85,600 | +0.1% | |
| Megan Soft, Inc. | 43 | $113,360 | +5.6% | |
| Digipulse Technologies, Inc. | 43 | $146,000 | +6.3% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 3,784. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Software Developer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving, TX | 692 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 643 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Charlotte, NC | 454 | $112,424 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 412 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 397 | $105,976 | at the minimum | |
| Frisco, TX | 372 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 300 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 290 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Dallas, TX | 266 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 247 | $131,997 | at the minimum | |
| Westlake, TX | 246 | $115,000 | +1.0% | |
| Chicago, IL | 187 | $108,089 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 186 | $111,072 | at the minimum | |
| Tampa, FL | 183 | $100,797 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 174 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Columbus, OH | 166 | $101,899 | at the minimum | |
| Cumming, GA | 135 | $109,283 | at the minimum | |
| Bentonville, AR | 133 | $83,325 | at the minimum | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 133 | $131,997 | at the minimum | |
| Mclean, VA | 132 | $126,090 | at the minimum | |
| Durham, NC | 116 | $128,000 | +2.7% | |
| Albany, NY | 113 | $99,840 | +0.1% | |
| Aubrey, TX | 106 | $112,923 | at the minimum | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 106 | $98,400 | +0.1% | |
| Malvern, PA | 103 | $109,845 | +0.1% | |
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.
- 378 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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