System Development Engineer III H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 80 wage applications for System Development Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 6 employers. The median offered wage was $180,710, 11.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (54, median $175,975).

Filings: 80
Positions covered: 314
Employers: 6
Median offered: $180,710
Median prevailing wage: $160,220
Filings since FY2020: 323
Median offer change since FY2020: +11%

System Development Engineer III, all employers80 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$180,710Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$162,030 to $190,000Where the middle half of the filings fall

$160,220Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for System Development Engineer III jobs rose 11%, from $158,400 in fiscal 2020 to $175,450 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 12.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 82 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 III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	57	$175,450	+1.1%	$158,974	+12.8%
2025	82	$173,600	−0.8%	$151,518	+11.2%
2024	70	$175,000	+3.6%	$155,418	+14.0%
2023	41	$169,000	+2.9%	$148,013	+8.7%
2022	33	$164,205	+12.1%	$129,189	+25.0%
2021	23	$146,500	−7.5%	$134,098	+10.4%
2020	17	$158,400	n/a	$122,824	+23.8%

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	54	$175,975	+6.9%
Amazon Data Services, Inc	10	$184,144	+14.6%
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	6	$180,755	+1.7%
Twitch Interactive, Inc.	5	$214,800	+14.5%
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	4	$190,450	+12.1%
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.	1	$158,500	+13.9%

Where System Development Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Seattle, WA	26	$178,080	+3.4%
Bellevue, WA	17	$176,500	+1.0%
San Francisco, CA	6	$214,800	+14.5%
Austin, TX	4	$173,453	+19.5%
Herndon, VA	3	$186,795	+23.9%
Sunnyvale, CA	3	$204,000	+22.1%
Chandler, AZ	2	$184,850	+17.0%
Culver City, CA	2	$166,213	+9.6%
Cupertino, CA	2	$199,350	+21.0%
Stafford, VA	2	$162,030	+7.5%
Tempe, AZ	2	$176,875	+21.5%
Arlington, VA	1	$151,200	+0.3%
Aubrey, TX	1	$185,000	+37.1%
Dallas, TX	1	$186,800	+19.0%
Dawsonville, GA	1	$159,812	+22.3%
Denver, CO	1	$160,700	+12.9%
Detroit, MI	1	$191,400	+38.2%
Lanham, MD	1	$129,200	+18.2%
Middletown, DE	1	$192,800	+25.7%
Round Rock, TX	1	$190,000	+16.2%
Santa Clara, CA	1	$167,078	at the minimum
Westborough, MA	1	$204,600	+28.7%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced77%

Level IV, fully competent23%

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.