Software Engineer Specialist H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 92 wage applications for Software Engineer Specialist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 8 employers. The median offered wage was $146,269, 1.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. FIS Management Services, LLC filed the most (56, median $145,139).

Filings: 92
Positions covered: 86
Employers: 8
Median offered: $146,269
Median prevailing wage: $135,954
Filings since FY2020: 431
Median offer change since FY2020: +29%

Software Engineer Specialist, all employers92 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$146,269Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$133,473 to $152,131Where the middle half of the filings fall

$135,954Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Engineer Specialist jobs rose 29%, from $115,573 in fiscal 2020 to $149,630 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 76 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 Specialist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	73	$149,630	+10.1%	$139,152	+1.2%
2025	76	$135,908	−4.3%	$132,679	+0.6%
2024	69	$142,002	+5.0%	$129,314	at the minimum
2023	72	$135,211	+10.3%	$126,558	+1.4%
2022	70	$122,616	+1.2%	$122,616	+0.3%
2021	41	$121,139	+4.8%	$118,040	+4.7%
2020	30	$115,573	n/a	$113,248	+1.1%

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	56	$145,139	+6.3%
Equifax Inc.	16	$152,131	at the minimum
Total System Services LLC	7	$133,164	at the minimum
Worldpay, LLC	6	$153,920	+7.4%
Global Payment Holding Company	4	$131,191	at the minimum
PTC Inc.	1	$88,088	at the minimum
Cyient, Inc.	1	$112,439	+1.3%
Ford Motor Company	1	$138,486	at the minimum

Where Software Engineer Specialist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Jacksonville, FL	26	$145,627	+10.5%
Alpharetta, GA	22	$152,131	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	7	$138,612	+3.7%
Huntersville, NC	4	$139,480	+7.1%
Cincinnati, OH	2	$157,737	+36.8%
Cumming, GA	2	$144,650	+11.8%
Kearny, NJ	2	$158,972	at the minimum
Woodbury, MN	2	$155,522	+7.2%
Atlanta, GA	1	$153,920	+1.2%
Austin, TX	1	$143,500	+3.1%
Brown Deer, WI	1	$118,531	+20.5%
Chandler, AZ	1	$122,396	at the minimum
Chelmsford, MA	1	$154,316	at the minimum
Chester Springs, PA	1	$133,892	+1.7%
Concord, NC	1	$155,522	+0.6%
Cypress, TX	1	$159,506	+6.5%
Dawsonville, GA	1	$136,000	+5.1%
Dearborn, MI	1	$138,486	at the minimum
Hopkinton, MA	1	$133,006	at the minimum
Laurel, MD	1	$146,910	at the minimum
Little Elm, TX	1	$166,761	+47.7%
Manteca, CA	1	$155,750	at the minimum
Mckinney, TX	1	$200,000	+27.4%
Menomonee Falls, WI	1	$118,531	+20.5%
Morrisville, NC	1	$157,248	+38.5%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry2%

Level II, qualified9%

Level III, experienced7%

Level IV, fully competent82%

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.