Software Senior Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 54 wage applications for Software Senior Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 9 employers. The median offered wage was $167,403, 13.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. EMC Corporation filed the most (30, median $172,315).

Filings: 54
Positions covered: 52
Employers: 9
Median offered: $167,403
Median prevailing wage: $139,152
Filings since FY2020: 574
Median offer change since FY2020: +52%

Software Senior Engineer, all employers54 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$167,403Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$155,817 to $180,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$139,152Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Software Senior Engineer jobs rose 52%, from $113,516 in fiscal 2020 to $172,119 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 125 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 Senior Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	33	$172,119	+10.5%	$141,132	+16.6%
2025	67	$155,817	+6.5%	$132,267	+15.5%
2024	63	$146,246	+3.0%	$126,090	+11.0%
2023	83	$142,000	+2.7%	$118,165	+16.2%
2022	125	$138,230	+12.7%	$110,375	+17.1%
2021	117	$122,616	+8.0%	$110,003	+5.0%
2020	86	$113,516	n/a	$109,077	+5.6%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
EMC Corporation	30	$172,315	+11.9%
Dell Products L.P.	16	$168,003	+21.3%
Boomi L.P.	2	$138,240	+16.9%
Avaya LLC	1	$137,350	+0.8%
Cbre, Inc.	1	$156,998	at the minimum
Dell Marketing L.P.	1	$182,399	+23.3%
Fca US LLC	1	$138,486	at the minimum
RSA Security USA LLC	1	$114,900	+15.7%
City National Bank	1	$127,067	at the minimum

Where Software Senior Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	10	$166,414	+21.3%
Hopkinton, MA	9	$176,000	+10.8%
Round Rock, TX	9	$155,817	+12.0%
Seattle, WA	6	$192,978	+20.3%
Santa Clara, CA	5	$196,187	+1.2%
Research Triangle Park, NC	3	$161,741	+11.9%
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$138,486	at the minimum
Conshohocken, PA	1	$147,393	+12.0%
Eden Prairie, MN	1	$158,922	+26.3%
Erie, CO	1	$167,403	+31.8%
Irving, TX	1	$129,087	+21.8%
Mckinney, TX	1	$171,922	+30.4%
Pine Brook, NJ	1	$172,315	+7.2%
Richardson, TX	1	$156,998	at the minimum
Rocky Hill, CT	1	$155,817	+22.7%
Thornton, CO	1	$137,350	+0.8%
Wakefield, MA	1	$114,900	+15.7%
Winston Salem, NC	1	$127,067	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified6%

Level III, experienced89%

Level IV, fully competent6%

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.