System Development Engineer II H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 235 wage applications for System Development Engineer II jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 7 employers. The median offered wage was $151,600, 17.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (155, median $151,300).

Filings: 235
Positions covered: 901
Employers: 7
Median offered: $151,600
Median prevailing wage: $130,586
Filings since FY2020: 1,331
Median offer change since FY2020: +6%

System Development Engineer II, all employers235 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$151,600Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$139,226 to $165,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$130,586Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for System Development Engineer II jobs rose 6%, from $143,300 in fiscal 2020 to $152,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 284 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.

System Development Engineer II by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	187	$152,000	+2.3%	$131,082	+15.8%
2025	272	$148,550	−2.3%	$122,970	+14.5%
2024	284	$152,000	+1.3%	$115,918	+27.4%
2023	165	$150,000	+2.1%	$127,338	+24.2%
2022	222	$146,900	+3.9%	$114,795	+28.7%
2021	112	$141,450	−1.3%	$113,110	+18.7%
2020	89	$143,300	n/a	$101,546	+34.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Amazon.com Services LLC	155	$151,300	+17.1%
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	28	$150,100	+14.0%
Amazon Data Services, Inc	26	$165,900	+17.0%
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	20	$149,240	+12.6%
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.	3	$147,200	+5.8%
Amazon Advertising LLC	2	$156,814	+22.4%
Twitch Interactive, Inc.	1	$161,637	at the minimum

Where System Development Engineer II jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Seattle, WA	72	$156,674	+10.2%
Austin, TX	31	$149,600	+29.8%
Bellevue, WA	28	$149,240	+14.6%
Arlington, VA	16	$154,050	+27.1%
Dallas, TX	8	$155,800	+35.7%
North Reading, MA	8	$153,200	+19.3%
Santa Clara, CA	8	$181,700	+18.8%
Herndon, VA	7	$129,200	+2.5%
Cupertino, CA	5	$187,741	at the minimum
Nashville, TN	5	$150,000	+45.2%
San Francisco, CA	5	$178,296	+10.3%
Sunnyvale, CA	4	$176,948	+4.1%
Tempe, AZ	4	$161,250	+32.6%
Atlanta, GA	3	$133,400	+22.1%
Malvern, PA	3	$135,100	+23.0%
Cincinnati, OH	2	$121,924	+21.3%
Denver, CO	2	$160,000	+32.7%
Hawthorne, CA	2	$116,334	+0.6%
Irving, TX	2	$162,550	+43.9%
New York, NY	2	$143,464	+12.4%
Redmond, WA	2	$146,770	+5.0%
Vernon Hills, IL	2	$151,400	+40.1%
Westborough, MA	2	$155,000	+22.9%
Canton, MS	1	$161,700	+81.4%
Culver City, CA	1	$174,800	+34.8%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry1%

Level II, qualified94%

Level III, experienced6%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.