Software Engineer Lead H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 79 wage applications for Software Engineer Lead jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 30 employers. The median offered wage was $140,413, 1.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. FIS Management Services, LLC filed the most (17, median $148,989).

Filings: 79
Positions covered: 86
Employers: 30
Median offered: $140,413
Median prevailing wage: $132,895
Filings since FY2020: 444
Median offer change since FY2020: +37%

Software Engineer Lead, all employers79 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$140,413Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$127,634 to $158,712Where the middle half of the filings fall

$132,895Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Engineer Lead jobs rose 37%, from $105,598 in fiscal 2020 to $145,105 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 81 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 Lead by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	59	$145,105	+12.1%	$140,026	+2.2%
2025	81	$129,486	+5.7%	$121,451	+5.2%
2024	66	$122,450	+1.9%	$115,700	+2.8%
2023	74	$120,219	+0.9%	$114,867	+5.8%
2022	63	$119,163	+6.5%	$111,176	+1.7%
2021	56	$111,862	+5.9%	$110,355	at the minimum
2020	45	$105,598	n/a	$105,598	+0.1%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
FIS Management Services, LLC	17	$148,989	+2.2%
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.	8	$127,403	+0.3%
United Services Automobile Association	8	$182,061	+21.4%
Deloitte Tax LLP	8	$131,997	+1.1%
Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.	3	$134,014	at the minimum
NetJets Services Inc.	3	$140,026	at the minimum
Total System Services LLC	3	$122,489	at the minimum
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company	2	$117,354	at the minimum
Alfa Mutual Insurance Company	2	$101,563	+3.4%
Allstate Insurance Company	2	$142,003	at the minimum
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation	2	$129,574	+0.3%
HRT Research LLC	2	$235,000	+26.3%
FedEx Dataworks, Inc.	2	$137,711	+1.5%
SGII Inc. dba SeneGence	1	$155,019	at the minimum
Republic National Distributing Company	1	$133,900	+26.3%
Robotics Technologies LLC	1	$112,923	at the minimum
UCare Minnesota	1	$133,536	+6.2%
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company	1	$178,000	+1.5%
Coolsoft LLC	1	$130,780	at the minimum
Arthrex, Inc.	1	$186,560	+24.3%
AppZen, Inc.	1	$181,293	at the minimum
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis	1	$150,000	+15.6%
H2O.ai, Inc.	1	$150,000	+11.1%
Cloud Act LLC	1	$112,923	at the minimum
John Wiley & Sons Inc.	1	$135,188	+1.0%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 30. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Engineer Lead jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Jacksonville, FL	7	$135,975	+9.0%
Alpharetta, GA	5	$129,486	+1.4%
Pittsburgh, PA	4	$128,828	+0.3%
Columbus, OH	3	$140,026	at the minimum
Strongsville, OH	3	$123,600	+6.4%
Akron, OH	2	$117,354	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	2	$157,761	+3.7%
Cumming, GA	2	$147,047	+1.3%
Dallas, TX	2	$115,962	+2.7%
Dublin, CA	2	$142,003	at the minimum
Glen Allen, VA	2	$131,253	at the minimum
Marietta, GA	2	$155,522	+2.2%
Naperville, IL	2	$186,178	+21.4%
New York, NY	2	$235,000	+26.3%
Princeton, NJ	2	$131,997	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	2	$308,647	+46.4%
Addison, TX	1	$150,000	+11.1%
Apex, NC	1	$160,000	+40.9%
Braselton, GA	1	$98,580	+5.2%
Canton, GA	1	$147,083	+1.4%
Clarksburg, MD	1	$178,000	+1.5%
Collierville, TN	1	$116,106	at the minimum
Columbia, SC	1	$130,780	at the minimum
Columbus, GA	1	$122,489	at the minimum
Cypress, TX	1	$133,900	+26.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified25%

Level III, experienced28%

Level IV, fully competent48%

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.