Software Engineer H-1B Salary

115,044 certified H-1B filings list the job title Software Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $135,408; the middle half of filings fall between $102,357 and $177,741. The largest sponsor for this title is Google LLC (21,003 filings).

115,044
certified filings
$135,408
Median base salary
$102,357
25th pct
$177,741
75th pct
$209,720
90th pct
$86,000
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
$86,000$135,408 median$209,720

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202620,944$150,800
FY202528,651$138,000
FY202431,964$130,000
FY202333,485$130,600

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Mountain View, CA7,306$182,000
Sunnyvale, CA6,648$182,000
Redmond, WA5,265$163,500
New York, NY4,537$175,000
San Francisco, CA3,413$176,075
Seattle, WA3,299$164,000
San Jose, CA3,259$172,022
Menlo Park, CA2,880$198,940
Bellevue, WA2,855$175,459
Santa Clara, CA2,605$172,931
Irving, TX2,469$101,192
Austin, TX1,903$110,240
Plano, TX1,587$102,000
Kirkland, WA1,579$167,000
Charlotte, NC1,268$110,000
Frisco, TX1,190$101,054
Atlanta, GA1,188$112,000
Houston, TX1,179$98,301
Dallas, TX1,096$101,192
Jersey City, NJ1,035$140,000

Software Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Google LLC21,003$180,000
Meta Platforms, Inc10,225$204,895
Microsoft Corporation7,115$162,000
Mphasis Corporation2,530$120,000
Intel Corporation2,363$127,912
NVIDIA Corporation1,194$184,000
SKILLTUNE TECHNOLOGIES INC954$94,300
DoorDash, Inc.813$176,000
Cisco Systems, Inc.721$134,200
NATSOFT CORPORATION669$107,890
U.S. Bank National Association602$120,029
Waymo LLC572$200,000
Netflix, Inc.527$226,158
SNAP INC.480$163,862
Uber Technologies, Inc.465$174,800
Databricks, Inc.387$145,000
ByteDance Inc.382$180,000
GP TECHNOLOGIES LLC378$97,000
EFICENS SYSTEMS INC363$99,000
LinkedIn Corporation363$131,474
Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.349$108,000
INTRAEDGE, INC.347$106,000
MITCHELL/MARTIN, INC.326$143,520
Juniper Networks, Inc.323$135,283
Snowflake Inc.323$160,000
MIRACLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, INC.321$101,109
ServiceNow, Inc.296$129,802
Arista Networks, Inc.290$134,200
SATIN SOLUTIONS LLC289$98,100
TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC280$105,997
TikTok Inc.272$171,200
FORD MOTOR COMPANY267$123,781
MSR TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC263$108,077
Zoox Inc.260$180,980
Stripe, Inc.256$155,605
ATOS SYNTEL INC249$83,658
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.235$115,000
DocuSign Inc.226$164,431
Intuit Inc.220$130,223
Lowe's Companies, Inc.220$106,974
Bloomberg L.P.215$123,656
Block, Inc.211$200,100
Speridian Technologies, LLC210$86,688
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.209$111,322
IBM Corporation208$102,003
Infovision, Inc.206$107,250
NetApp, Inc.206$155,979
KLA Corporation203$150,000
LYFT, Inc.190$155,302
The MathWorks, Inc.188$112,986

Related job titles

Engineer, Software $116,505Senior Software Engineer $141,969Staff Software Engineer $175,000Software Engineer III $125,082Software Engineer II $126,000Software Development Engineer $150,000Lead Software Engineer $140,920Principal Software Engineer $165,000Software Engineer I $111,036Associate, Software Engineer $125,000

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