Manager, Software Engineering H-1B Salary

1,533 certified H-1B filings list the job title Manager, Software Engineering (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $175,086; the middle half of filings fall between $149,760 and $213,543. The largest sponsor for this title is LinkedIn Corporation (97 filings).

1,533
certified filings
$175,086
Median base salary
$149,760
25th pct
$213,543
75th pct
$233,816
90th pct
$132,280
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
$132,280$175,086 median$233,816

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026331$180,622
FY2025455$179,300
FY2024390$180,000
FY2023357$158,800

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA60$225,735
Sunnyvale, CA53$219,819
Mountain View, CA48$226,120
San Jose, CA48$227,677
Santa Clara, CA48$218,127
Alpharetta, GA35$154,656
Riverwoods, IL33$135,000
New York, NY32$217,220
Seattle, WA32$203,468
Fremont, CA28$220,411
Irving, TX27$146,317
Austin, TX26$158,193
Raleigh, NC21$162,239
Charlotte, NC20$139,027
Bellevue, WA19$211,141
Plano, TX19$139,464
Newark, CA15$200,907
O’Fallon, MO13$138,000
Phoenix, AZ12$164,635
Pleasanton, CA12$216,940

Manager, Software Engineering salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
LinkedIn Corporation97$217,598
Capital One Services, LLC73$149,781
Intuit Inc.69$226,120
DFS Corporate Services LLC47$135,000
Salesforce, Inc.38$227,348
Hartford Fire Insurance Company28$137,600
Indeed, Inc.27$184,000
PayPal, Inc.27$226,924
7-Eleven, Inc.24$139,464
Mastercard Technologies, LLC24$138,000
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.24$226,158
Computer Sciences Corporation22$135,830
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.21$182,178
Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC20$177,088
DXC Technology Services LLC19$132,000
Optum Services, Inc.19$131,456
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc.18$164,320
RELX, Inc.18$169,314
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc.17$150,790
Mastercard International Incorporated17$138,000
NIKE, Inc.16$199,590
SNAP INC.16$211,672
LNW Gaming, Inc.14$131,969
Tesla, Inc.14$229,800
DocuSign Inc.13$200,000
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company13$157,621
NVIDIA Corporation12$204,297
Arista Networks, Inc.11$188,268
CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC11$131,533
Gartner, Inc.11$159,908
Twilio, Inc.11$196,695
Roku, Inc.10$273,978
Staples, Inc.10$166,946
Hulu, LLC (indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company)9$207,584
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC9$192,500
Affirm, Inc.8$225,000
Arch Insurance Group Inc.8$175,000
ARCH US MI SERVICES, INC8$151,300
Lucid USA, Inc.8$191,807
Michaels Stores, Inc.8$159,500
Qualtrics, LLC8$217,000
Riot Games, Inc.8$226,034
ServiceNow, Inc.8$212,828
BILL Operations LLC7$224,786
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC7$162,007
COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION, INC.7$197,424
Epsilon Data Management LLC7$139,464
United Parcel Service General Services, Co.7$187,200
Choice Hotels International Services Corp6$151,757
McGraw Hill LLC6$179,110

Related job titles

Software Engineering Manager $226,332Senior Manager, Software Engineering $176,004Manager, Software Development & Engineering $147,992Associate Manager Software Engineering $114,603Software Development Engineering Manager $216,590Custom Software Engineering Manager $146,300Software Engineering Senior Manager $166,070Senior Software Engineering Manager $201,811Software Engineering Applications Manager $219,300Manager, Software Development Engineering $172,866

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