H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Software Engineering SMTS

Occupation profile for Software Engineering SMTS covers 1,033 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $204,828.

FY2026 certified median
$204,828
Total filings
1,033
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$192,600–$220,000
Top employer
Salesforce, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024388$191,065$174,751$205,185
FY2025331$204,691$190,000$220,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)314$204,828$192,600$220,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Software Engineering SMTSFY2024 $191,065; FY2025 $204,691; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $204,828$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$191,065FY2025$204,691FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$204,828Certified median offer, Software Engineering SMTSFY2024 $191,065; FY2025 $204,691; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $204,828$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$191,065FY2025$204,691FY2026*$204,828
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Salesforce, Inc.1,033 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco476 filings
  2. Bellevue154 filings
  3. Dallas90 filings
  4. Seattle54 filings
  5. Palo Alto37 filings
  6. Burlington16 filings
  7. Indianapolis14 filings
  8. New York13 filings
  9. Austin12 filings
  10. Hillsboro9 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Salesforce, Inc. · Software Engineering SMTS1,033 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
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1299$80,870$121,014$161,138$201,282
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1253$80,579$108,472$136,344$164,237
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, INArea 2690015-1252$77,667$95,805$113,942$132,080