H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Chief Software Engineer

Occupation profile for Chief Software Engineer covers 11 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $142,410.

FY2025 certified median
$142,410
Total filings
11
FY2025 25th–75th percentile
$132,750–$163,864
Top employer
EPAM Systems Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20247$136,000$130,500$181,300
FY20254$142,410$132,750$163,864

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Chief Software EngineerFY2024 $136,000; FY2025 $142,410$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$136,000FY2025$142,410Certified median offer, Chief Software EngineerFY2024 $136,000; FY2025 $142,410$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$136,000FY2025$142,410
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. EPAM Systems Inc.6 filings
  2. National Instruments Corporation2 filings
  3. Convermax Corp.1 filings
  4. Nimble Robotics, Inc.1 filings
  5. St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Austin2 filings
  2. San Francisco1 filings
  3. Sunnyvale1 filings
  4. Wheeling1 filings
  5. Chelmsford1 filings
  6. New York1 filings
  7. Conshohocken1 filings
  8. King of Prussia1 filings
  9. Reading1 filings
  10. Cedar Park1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    Prevailing wages by area and occupation

    The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

    Annual prevailing wage levels
    Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
    2026-27Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 3798015-1252$91,874$113,859$135,824$157,810
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242011-3021$128,128$160,139$192,130$224,141
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
    2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-1252$92,789$117,083$141,398$165,693
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
    2026-27Reading, PAArea 3974015-1252$81,058$100,006$118,976$137,925
    2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186011-3021$167,565$208,104$248,643$289,182
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653