Software Dev Engineer III H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 1,644 wage applications for Software Dev Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 45 employers. The median offered wage was $204,700, 14.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (1,180, median $207,690).

Filings: 1,644
Positions covered: 5,237
Employers: 45
Median offered: $204,700
Median prevailing wage: $180,710
Filings since FY2020: 6,520
Median offer change since FY2020: +25%

Software Dev Engineer III, all employers1,644 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$204,700Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$184,900 to $218,100Where the middle half of the filings fall

$180,710Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Dev Engineer III jobs rose 25%, from $160,000 in fiscal 2020 to $200,530 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 1,270 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 Dev Engineer III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	1,255	$200,530	−2.7%	$170,220	+15.0%
2025	1,270	$206,030	+3.0%	$163,862	+17.4%
2024	1,207	$200,000	−1.3%	$155,418	+25.0%
2023	878	$202,700	+26.7%	$148,013	+31.1%
2022	865	$160,000	no change	$140,920	+13.5%
2021	419	$160,000	no change	$134,098	+19.3%
2020	626	$160,000	n/a	$133,598	+19.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Amazon.com Services LLC	1,180	$207,690	+15.7%
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	206	$203,755	+15.7%
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	111	$202,500	+13.2%
Amazon Data Services, Inc	32	$200,560	+14.4%
Audible, Inc.	20	$184,900	+15.0%
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.	11	$207,200	+14.0%
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.	9	$140,500	+4.1%
F5, Inc.	9	$165,422	+4.0%
Amazon Advertising LLC	7	$187,110	+7.2%
Egencia LLC	6	$157,550	at the minimum
Twitch Interactive, Inc.	5	$227,400	+25.8%
A9.com LLC	4	$248,550	+9.9%
LivePerson, Inc.	3	$165,600	+5.6%
Commerce Fabric, Inc.	2	$203,900	+12.8%
Amazon Payments, Inc.	2	$204,055	+3.6%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	2	$132,902	+15.6%
Zappos.com LLC	2	$240,000	+49.2%
Premera Blue Cross	2	$140,741	+1.3%
Capital Group Companies Global	2	$229,328	+20.7%
Workday, Inc.	2	$161,637	at the minimum
Pyramid Technology Solutions, Inc.	2	$128,565	at the minimum
Generac Power Systems	2	$132,500	+12.7%
RateGain Adara Inc.	1	$169,694	+21.7%
IMDb.com, Inc.	1	$207,690	+14.9%
Waters Technologies Corporation	1	$150,405	+21.1%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 45. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Dev Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Seattle, WA	747	$202,100	+14.9%
Bellevue, WA	223	$198,770	+14.9%
Sunnyvale, CA	103	$226,138	+16.2%
New York, NY	76	$212,940	+19.8%
Austin, TX	73	$200,100	+26.7%
Santa Clara, CA	63	$232,540	+14.4%
East Palo Alto, CA	48	$226,138	+14.3%
Boston, MA	32	$183,702	+16.6%
Palo Alto, CA	31	$231,660	+11.7%
Arlington, VA	27	$187,300	+12.4%
Cupertino, CA	22	$234,685	+14.1%
Redmond, WA	19	$198,200	+19.4%
Newark, NJ	15	$184,900	+15.0%
San Francisco, CA	15	$235,900	+21.8%
Herndon, VA	13	$192,280	+17.1%
Dallas, TX	11	$183,260	+35.8%
Irving, TX	8	$150,000	+11.1%
San Diego, CA	8	$195,050	+17.9%
Santa Monica, CA	6	$201,250	+18.2%
Chicago, IL	5	$183,480	+40.4%
Culver City, CA	5	$178,000	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	5	$207,690	+32.2%
Arlington, TX	4	$137,750	+2.1%
Detroit, MI	4	$196,510	+51.6%
El Segundo, CA	4	$164,662	+8.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified3%

Level III, experienced75%

Level IV, fully competent22%

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.