H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

SOFTWARE ENGINER

Occupation profile for SOFTWARE ENGINER covers 7 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $168,500.

FY2025 certified median
$168,500
Total filings
7
FY2025 25th–75th percentile
$161,750–$175,250
Top employer
Google LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$153,090$120,000$208,085
FY20252$168,500$161,750$175,250

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, SOFTWARE ENGINERFY2024 $153,090; FY2025 $168,500$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$153,090FY2025$168,500Certified median offer, SOFTWARE ENGINERFY2024 $153,090; FY2025 $168,500$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$153,090FY2025$168,500
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Google LLC2 filings
  2. Frontier Technologies, LLC1 filings
  3. Gravity Well LLC1 filings
  4. Loop Payments, Inc.1 filings
  5. Netflix, Inc.1 filings
  6. NVIDIA Corporation1 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco2 filings
  2. Los Gatos1 filings
  3. Santa Clara1 filings
  4. Sherman Oaks1 filings
  5. Boulder1 filings
  6. Lansing1 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
    2026-27San 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
    2026-27Boulder, COArea 1450015-1252$112,778$139,485$166,213$192,920
    2026-27Lansing-East Lansing, MIArea 2962015-1252$75,982$90,022$104,042$118,082
    2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051