Software Engineer (5) H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 96 wage applications for Software Engineer (5) jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 12 employers. The median offered wage was $177,624, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Snap Inc. filed the most (40, median $212,202).

Filings: 96
Positions covered: 96
Employers: 12
Median offered: $177,624
Median prevailing wage: $162,646
Filings since FY2020: 357
Median offer change since FY2020: +23%

Software Engineer (5), all employers96 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$177,624Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$120,536 to $211,290Where the middle half of the filings fall

$162,646Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Engineer (5) jobs rose 23%, from $150,000 in fiscal 2020 to $184,558 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 93 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 (5) by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	67	$184,558	+11.1%	$184,558	at the minimum
2025	93	$166,054	−5.3%	$155,709	at the minimum
2024	63	$175,396	−1.0%	$175,396	at the minimum
2023	46	$177,208	+9.0%	$168,969	at the minimum
2022	44	$162,510	+4.8%	$139,818	at the minimum
2021	21	$155,000	+3.3%	$139,360	+2.6%
2020	23	$150,000	n/a	$137,426	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Snap Inc.	40	$212,202	at the minimum
Charter Communications, Inc.	38	$118,434	at the minimum
Specs Inc.	5	$184,974	at the minimum
NetApp, Inc.	3	$185,587	at the minimum
Ineight, Inc.	3	$166,054	+22.7%
Edmunds.com	1	$182,688	+16.3%
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.	1	$161,741	at the minimum
W/H/I/P Systems, LLC	1	$97,000	+1.5%
HP Inc.	1	$177,861	at the minimum
Indeed, Inc.	1	$212,202	at the minimum
DENSO International America, Inc.	1	$210,986	+52.4%
Paychex North America Inc.	1	$158,086	+0.7%

Where Software Engineer (5) jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Maryland Heights, MO	18	$104,780	at the minimum
Palo Alto, CA	14	$209,671	at the minimum
Bellevue, WA	11	$212,202	at the minimum
Charlotte, NC	9	$133,536	at the minimum
Greenwood Village, CO	9	$120,536	at the minimum
Seattle, WA	8	$212,202	at the minimum
Santa Monica, CA	6	$184,558	at the minimum
New York, NY	3	$189,592	at the minimum
Durham, NC	2	$161,741	at the minimum
Omaha, NE	2	$165,866	+22.9%
San Diego, CA	2	$184,974	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	2	$209,914	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	2	$190,294	+2.5%
Austin, TX	1	$163,550	at the minimum
Coppell, TX	1	$156,998	at the minimum
Frisco, TX	1	$158,086	+0.7%
Harrisburg, NC	1	$97,000	+1.5%
St. Louis, MO	1	$140,046	at the minimum
Scottsdale, AZ	1	$168,895	+6.9%
Southfield, MI	1	$210,986	+52.4%
Vancouver, WA	1	$177,861	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified27%

Level III, experienced14%

Level IV, fully competent58%

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.