Software Engineer (L3) H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 41 wage applications for Software Engineer (L3) jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 5 employers. The median offered wage was $160,000, 6.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Twilio, Inc. filed the most (23, median $185,005).

Filings: 41
Positions covered: 45
Employers: 5
Median offered: $160,000
Median prevailing wage: $149,240
Filings since FY2020: 338
Median offer change since FY2020: −0%

Software Engineer (L3), all employers41 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$160,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$149,240 to $202,591Where the middle half of the filings fall

$149,240Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Engineer (L3) jobs held steady, from $170,000 in fiscal 2020 to $169,206 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 100 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 Engineer (L3) by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	32	$169,206	−2.6%	$155,636	+8.7%
2025	68	$173,705	+8.9%	$149,781	+6.6%
2024	54	$159,503	+6.5%	$141,815	+3.7%
2023	46	$149,796	−9.2%	$139,984	+6.3%
2022	100	$165,000	+3.1%	$136,822	+11.1%
2021	29	$160,000	−5.9%	$145,246	+10.8%
2020	9	$170,000	n/a	$169,562	+7.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Twilio, Inc.	23	$185,005	+13.0%
Armada Systems, Inc.	8	$149,240	at the minimum
Wipro Limited	7	$130,853	at the minimum
Verkada, Inc	2	$210,000	+12.0%
Reddit, Inc.	1	$213,450	+13.8%

Where Software Engineer (L3) jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Bellevue, WA	10	$149,240	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	3	$203,843	+8.7%
Seattle, WA	3	$206,892	+38.6%
Austin, TX	2	$95,000	+24.5%
San Mateo, CA	2	$210,000	+12.0%
Boston, MA	1	$160,000	+3.5%
Cary, NC	1	$187,907	+19.5%
Charlotte, NC	1	$74,214	at the minimum
Colleyville, TX	1	$185,005	+17.8%
Dallas, TX	1	$134,971	at the minimum
Dublin, OH	1	$160,000	+14.3%
El Paso, TX	1	$160,000	+36.8%
Fremont, CA	1	$202,591	+29.3%
Fuquay Varina, NC	1	$166,412	+5.8%
Georgetown, TX	1	$195,000	+19.2%
Herndon, VA	1	$165,000	+23.7%
Leander, TX	1	$172,000	+5.2%
Los Altos, CA	1	$225,000	+19.8%
Mason, OH	1	$139,027	at the minimum
Mckinney, TX	1	$163,052	+3.9%
Milpitas, CA	1	$193,052	+2.8%
Paoli, PA	1	$160,000	+4.3%
Redmond, WA	1	$137,821	at the minimum
Sammamish, WA	1	$159,026	+6.6%
Santa Clara, CA	1	$214,771	+13.0%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified50%

Level III, experienced23%

Level IV, fully competent28%

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.