Software Development Lead H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 32 wage applications for Software Development Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 9 employers. The median offered wage was $114,424, 0.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Brillio, LLC filed the most (22, median $112,923).

Filings: 32
Positions covered: 31
Employers: 9
Median offered: $114,424
Median prevailing wage: $112,923
Filings since FY2020: 204
Median offer change since FY2020: −2%

Software Development Lead, all employers32 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$114,424Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$112,923 to $135,392Where the middle half of the filings fall

$112,923Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Development Lead jobs fell 2%, from $115,000 in fiscal 2020 to $112,923 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 48 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 Development Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	23	$112,923	−1.1%	$112,923	+0.5%
2025	37	$114,139	+17.7%	$112,404	+0.7%
2024	32	$97,000	−4.9%	$89,939	+1.4%
2023	48	$102,000	−13.8%	$100,984	+0.4%
2022	17	$118,373	−2.2%	$112,736	+2.7%
2021	22	$121,000	+5.2%	$120,931	+0.4%
2020	25	$115,000	n/a	$110,406	+0.7%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Brillio, LLC	22	$112,923	+0.5%
Insurance Services Office, Inc	2	$147,500	+8.3%
A.M. Castle & Co.	2	$153,317	at the minimum
Arm, Inc.	1	$187,741	at the minimum
SmarTek21 LLC	1	$180,710	at the minimum
Schaefer Systems International, Inc.	1	$112,424	+2.9%
Integra Partners, LLC	1	$114,424	+12.0%

Showing the 7 employers with the most filings of 9. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Development Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Temple Terrace, FL	6	$112,923	+11.1%
Irving, TX	5	$112,923	at the minimum
Coppell, TX	2	$125,000	+0.5%
Eastvale, CA	2	$135,813	+19.4%
Jersey City, NJ	2	$147,500	+8.3%
Oak Brook, IL	2	$153,317	at the minimum
Palo Alto, CA	2	$115,000	+0.2%
Ashburn, VA	1	$106,454	at the minimum
Dublin, CA	1	$113,277	at the minimum
Hatfield, PA	1	$88,088	at the minimum
Issaquah, WA	1	$180,710	at the minimum
Lewisville, TX	1	$112,923	at the minimum
Marietta, GA	1	$112,424	+2.9%
San Jose, CA	1	$187,741	at the minimum
San Ramon, CA	1	$125,460	+7.6%
Syracuse, NY	1	$144,893	at the minimum
Tampa, FL	1	$111,106	+14.6%
Troy, MI	1	$114,424	+12.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry4%

Level II, qualified74%

Level III, experienced13%

Level IV, fully competent9%

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.

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