Software Engineer Senior H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 222 wage applications for Software Engineer Senior jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 59 employers. The median offered wage was $136,300, 8.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. FIS Management Services, LLC filed the most (47, median $129,376).

Filings: 222
Positions covered: 263
Employers: 59
Median offered: $136,300
Median prevailing wage: $120,661
Filings since FY2020: 1,620
Median offer change since FY2020: +27%

Software Engineer Senior, all employers222 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$136,300Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$124,506 to $152,523Where the middle half of the filings fall

$120,661Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Engineer Senior jobs rose 27%, from $110,000 in fiscal 2020 to $140,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 294 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 Senior by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	165	$140,000	no change	$122,013	+8.6%
2025	294	$140,003	+4.8%	$122,970	+8.2%
2024	270	$133,549	+2.7%	$112,597	+11.5%
2023	286	$130,000	+4.0%	$107,307	+13.1%
2022	287	$125,000	+5.9%	$105,040	+11.6%
2021	183	$118,000	+7.3%	$103,501	+8.7%
2020	135	$110,000	n/a	$97,625	+2.8%

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	47	$129,376	+28.4%
Worldpay, LLC	20	$143,592	+30.7%
Siemens Industry Software Inc.	12	$147,500	+4.4%
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside	9	$141,560	+29.7%
Zebra Technologies Corporation	8	$112,362	at the minimum
TikTok Inc.	8	$264,514	+5.1%
Total System Services LLC	8	$119,023	at the minimum
ByteDance Inc.	7	$264,514	+40.0%
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.	7	$130,431	at the minimum
United Services Automobile Association	7	$157,632	+5.9%
Dechen Consulting Group Inc	5	$135,200	+12.3%
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC	5	$326,000	+53.6%
Ouro Global, Inc.	5	$134,788	+4.4%
BILL Operations LLC	4	$165,636	+2.9%
Shift4 Payments, LLC	4	$120,879	+2.3%
Global Payment Holding Company	3	$102,569	at the minimum
Stefanini, Inc.	3	$114,400	+11.9%
Move Sales, Inc	3	$157,900	+13.5%
Infor (US), LLC	3	$97,000	+5.7%
Millennium Software, Inc.	3	$158,163	+4.2%
Bechtel Global Corporation	2	$190,404	+14.1%
Arizona State University	2	$86,677	+1.0%
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.	2	$146,474	at the minimum
Deluxe Corporation	2	$127,261	+24.0%
NetJets Services Inc.	2	$132,513	+1.7%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 59. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Software Engineer Senior jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Jose, CA	17	$264,514	+1.5%
Jacksonville, FL	16	$129,983	+29.7%
Austin, TX	12	$124,575	+4.2%
Cincinnati, OH	12	$143,799	+42.8%
Alpharetta, GA	10	$119,023	at the minimum
Dearborn, MI	10	$130,000	+16.2%
Pittsburgh, PA	10	$135,854	+23.0%
Bellevue, WA	8	$315,500	+52.4%
Milford, OH	6	$135,016	+5.7%
San Antonio, TX	6	$149,337	+5.8%
Atlanta, GA	4	$132,900	+22.8%
Charlotte, NC	4	$132,756	+9.8%
Kennesaw, GA	3	$112,362	at the minimum
Melissa, TX	3	$142,284	+21.0%
Addison, TX	2	$132,418	+21.0%
Allen Park, MI	2	$127,920	+20.8%
Ashburn, VA	2	$122,188	+7.0%
Center Valley, PA	2	$131,538	+2.2%
Columbus, OH	2	$132,513	+1.7%
Costa Mesa, CA	2	$159,000	+8.9%
Cumming, GA	2	$152,281	+7.1%
Johns Creek, GA	2	$124,745	+1.1%
Lake Forest, CA	2	$115,820	+48.7%
San Diego, CA	2	$146,014	+3.8%
San Francisco, CA	2	$199,500	+15.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry3%

Level II, qualified45%

Level III, experienced26%

Level IV, fully competent27%

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.