H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Software Engineer, Backend

Occupation profile for Software Engineer, Backend covers 97 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $165,000.

FY2026 certified median
$165,000
Total filings
97
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$149,365–$200,000
Top employer
Motive Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202420$160,500$135,283$178,166
FY202539$164,000$150,000$186,900
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)38$165,000$149,365$200,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Software Engineer, BackendFY2024 $160,500; FY2025 $164,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $165,000$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$160,500FY2025$164,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$165,000Certified median offer, Software Engineer, BackendFY2024 $160,500; FY2025 $164,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $165,000$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$160,500FY2025$164,000FY2026*$165,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Motive Technologies, Inc.11 filings
  2. Tinder LLC11 filings
  3. DoorDash, Inc.7 filings
  4. Character Technologies Inc.5 filings
  5. Match Group LLC5 filings
  6. Snorkel AI, Inc.4 filings
  7. Narravance, Inc.3 filings
  8. HARVEY AI CORPORATION2 filings
  9. MagicCube, Inc.2 filings
  10. Match Group Americas, LLC2 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco27 filings
  2. Palo Alto13 filings
  3. San Jose6 filings
  4. West Hollywood5 filings
  5. Redwood City4 filings
  6. New York4 filings
  7. Menlo Park3 filings
  8. San Mateo3 filings
  9. Santa Clara3 filings
  10. Sunnyvale3 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Motive Technologies, Inc. · Software Engineer, Backend11 filings
  2. Tinder LLC · Software Engineer, Backend11 filings

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
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790015-1252$102,086$127,462$152,838$178,214
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NYArea 1538015-1252$84,760$106,558$128,357$150,155