Senior Engineer, Software H-1B Salary

635 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Engineer, Software (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $145,000; the middle half of filings fall between $125,000 and $160,000. The largest sponsor for this title is T-Mobile USA, Inc. (321 filings).

635
certified filings
$145,000
Median base salary
$125,000
25th pct
$160,000
75th pct
$172,330
90th pct
$110,000
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
$110,000$145,000 median$172,330

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026115$151,500
FY2025207$146,450
FY2024167$145,375
FY2023146$140,208

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Bellevue, WA58$166,573
Overland Park, KS52$127,447
Bothell, WA45$164,203
Frisco, TX43$153,000
Atlanta, GA35$142,100
Englewood, CO33$117,021
Pleasanton, CA28$158,869
Plano, TX19$150,000
Cumming, GA16$142,964
Herndon, VA9$149,953
Charlotte, NC8$121,892
Denver, CO8$113,006
Houston, TX8$124,317
Mckinney, TX6$139,732
Novi, MI6$104,343
Richmond, VA6$152,500
Austin, TX5$120,540
Celina, TX5$149,968
Cincinnati, OH5$80,000
Littleton, CO5$108,992

Senior Engineer, Software salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
T-Mobile USA, Inc.321$152,712
ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.38$142,100
DISH Network LLC36$116,605
Safeway Inc.28$159,760
Dish Wireless LLC20$117,021
OneMain General Services Corporation16$106,604
CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC14$160,000
CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC ("CES")11$140,000
EMPOWER RETIREMENT, LLC10$159,325
Genuine Parts Company10$110,000
USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC9$125,000
Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA)7$122,450
Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.5$107,411
ICMA Retirement Corporation5$130,000
Samsung Research America, Inc.5$172,931
SLK AMERICA INC5$80,000
Bayer U.S. LLC4$135,576
Becton, Dickinson and Company4$133,000
HARMAN CONNECTED SERVICES INC4$108,200
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.4$121,690
Adtalem Global Education Inc.3$131,165
Eli Lilly and Company3$95,243
Ensemble RCM LLC3$127,965
Intelliswift Software, Inc.3$142,002
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.3$115,000
Lenovo (United States) Inc3$154,877
Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.3$167,670
Social Finance, Inc.3$180,000
Verint Systems Inc.3$133,015
Black Sesame Technologies Inc2$168,373
ICMA Retirement Corp2$135,148
JLG Industries, Inc. (an Oshkosh Corporation Company)2$90,608
National Student Clearinghouse2$149,308
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.2$146,866
Polaris Industries, Inc.2$132,045
PRA Group, Inc.2$129,938
Social Finance, LLC2$194,989
ST Engineering iDirect, Inc.2$140,517
Verint Americas, Inc.2$109,099
ZF Active Safety US Inc.2$123,996
Alps Alpine North America, Inc.1$114,100
American Tower Corporation1$141,159
ARRIS Global Services, Inc.1$112,914
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)1$160,000
CalAmp Wireless Networks Corporation1$121,597
Capri USA Group Inc.1$138,486
Deere & Company1$116,600
Eikon Therapeutics, Inc.1$155,605
F5, Inc.1$180,231
Galileo Financial Technologies1$183,397

Related job titles

Senior Software Engineer $141,969Software Engineer Senior $135,000Software Senior Engineer $150,520Engineer Senior Software $179,286Senior Software Development Engineer $149,240Senior Software Engineer/Developer $110,365Senior Staff Software Engineer $185,209Senior Software Engineer I $150,000Senior Software Engineer II $165,000Engineer Senior Systems Software $184,000

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