Backend Software Engineer H-1B Salary

291 certified H-1B filings list the job title Backend Software Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $165,000; the middle half of filings fall between $144,000 and $197,100. The largest sponsor for this title is ByteDance Inc. (85 filings).

291
certified filings
$165,000
Median base salary
$144,000
25th pct
$197,100
75th pct
$233,000
90th pct
$113,000
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$113,000$165,000 median$233,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202679$170,000
FY202584$161,500
FY202465$170,522
FY202363$174,121

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA72$179,505
Bellevue, WA50$187,250
San Francisco, CA15$187,574
Mountain View, CA14$192,171
Seattle, WA11$161,500
Culver City, CA9$171,000
Sunnyvale, CA9$187,800
New York, NY8$103,750
Santa Clara, CA7$175,000
Austin, TX6$100,069
Irvine, CA6$132,500
Houston, TX3$125,008
Kirkland, WA3$240,000
Los Angeles, CA3$179,000
Palo Alto, CA3$170,522
Redmond, WA3$157,250
Boulder, CO2$128,320
Chino Hills, CA2$133,025
Jersey City, NJ2$155,740
Newark, CA2$147,368

Backend Software Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
ByteDance Inc.85$163,000
TikTok Inc.48$210,000
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC32$187,370
Atlassian US, Inc.17$167,297
DBD Ventures, LLC4$93,236
Egan-Jones Ratings Company4$89,950
Fancycom Inc.4$135,000
Included Health Inc.4$174,636
Nokia of America Corporation4$106,050
BloomReach, Inc.3$179,048
Finfare, Inc.3$125,000
LangChain Inc.3$187,574
Schlumberger Technology Corporation3$125,008
Sema4 OpCo, Inc.3$110,000
SNAP INC.3$155,418
Turing Video3$179,000
Arcade Research Inc.2$122,750
Cboe Global Markets Inc2$151,000
Digital Manufacturing Systems Inc.2$125,000
DocuSign Inc.2$203,150
Envoy Inc.2$211,054
Grantd Equity Inc.2$122,500
MNTN, Inc.2$170,000
Moloco, Inc.2$140,572
Next Insurance, Inc.2$126,500
Orderbook, Inc.2$165,000
PayPal, Inc.2$100,500
Uber Technologies, Inc.2$191,200
Wynd Technologies Inc.2$147,368
Acoustic, LP1$121,639
AFE, Inc.1$67,000
Afficiency, Inc.1$112,000
Arc Boat Company1$140,000
Augment Technologies Inc.1$270,000
BRINC Drones, Inc.1$162,000
Buzz Solutions, Inc.1$157,500
Chikku, Inc.1$112,299
Common Room, Inc.1$180,000
Confluent, Inc.1$190,000
CREDAL.AI CORPORATION1$175,000
Crossbeam, Inc.1$147,481
Doxel, Inc.1$165,000
Epiq eDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (LS)1$165,000
Fermata Discovery Inc.1$93,600
Fireworks.ai, Inc.1$206,000
First Help Financial LLC1$120,000
Fusus, INC.1$120,000
GoQuant Technologies Inc.1$165,547
Hearsay Social, Inc.1$135,900
Humigent Inc.1$149,365

Related job titles

Software Engineer, Backend $165,000Senior Software Engineer, Backend $191,900Senior Backend Software Engineer $190,000Software Engineer $135,408Backend Engineer $146,307Engineer, Software $116,505Senior Software Engineer $141,969Staff Software Engineer $175,000Software Engineer III $125,082Software Engineer II $126,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer