H-1B Software Engineer Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Software Engineer is $123,000, across 201,216 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$123,000
Average wage
$132,288
90th percentile
$193,000
Certified LCAs
201,216
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $41,912
- 25th
- $96,595
- Median
- $123,000
- Average
- $132,288
- 90th
- $193,000
- Highest
- $2,470,000
Based on 201,079 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
28,686FY20
27,451FY21
38,546FY22
34,122FY23
32,960FY24
29,435FY25
10,016FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Software Engineer
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 11,469 | $198,940 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 1,311 | $182,000 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 1,492 | $175,500 |
| Google LLC | 22,864 | $175,000 |
| FACEBOOK INC. | 4,694 | $174,000 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 893 | $163,300 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 21,890 | $149,457 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,394 | $130,400 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 860 | $128,502 |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | 871 | $122,408 |
| Mphasis Corporation | 4,849 | $120,000 |
| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 1,200 | $119,964 |
| Intel Corporation | 4,144 | $118,685 |
| NATSOFT CORPORATION | 1,515 | $99,632 |
| SKILLTUNE TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1,380 | $92,000 |
Salaries by location
Redmond, WA · $149,000Mountain View, CA · $177,000Sunnyvale, CA · $170,000New York, NY · $161,654Menlo Park, CA · $190,000San Francisco, CA · $159,550Seattle, WA · $163,660Bellevue, WA · $160,907Irving, TX · $98,904San Jose, CA · $141,440Austin, TX · $108,826Santa Clara, CA · $147,368Plano, TX · $99,000Atlanta, GA · $109,283Charlotte, NC · $106,974