SponsorWage

Software Developers visa sponsorship salary

Across 178,137 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 15-1252, the median wage for Software Developers is $135,200. The middle half falls between $110,000 and $167,800; the top decile begins at $200,000.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Software Engineer, Software Developer, Senior Software Engineer and others.

Median
$135,200
25th pct
$110,000
75th pct
$167,800
90th pct
$200,000
Filings
178,137

Who sponsors Software Developers

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Software Developers, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Amazon.com Services LLC6,615$134,396$160,600$183,013
Google LLC6,074$162,000$186,000$198,000
Microsoft Corporation5,784$153,223$171,000$191,200
Meta Platforms, Inc3,648$182,000$203,350$225,000
Apple Inc.3,124$157,000$179,982$205,132
Wal-mart Associates, INC.2,597$120,000$140,000$153,301
Amazon Web Services, INC.2,157$131,700$155,000$177,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.2,137$140,300$156,000$175,000
Amazon Development Center U.s., INC.1,988$129,000$144,650$170,250
Deloitte Consulting LLP1,963$106,579$130,541$153,317
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1,502$109,262$122,583$141,170
Capgemini America INC1,417$126,250$134,847$151,600
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP1,408$141,995$164,567$200,001
Salesforce, Inc.1,092$178,488$207,816$237,114
Compunnel Software Group, INC1,090$107,000$123,700$124,000
Oracle America, Inc.821$126,589$148,221$161,886
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.726$126,880$127,165$152,027
PayPal, Inc.714$145,000$168,341$195,000
NVIDIA Corporation680$163,862$187,253$220,000
Intel Corporation652$118,100$137,259$155,631
U.S. Bank National Association642$121,446$127,878$141,898
Citibank, N.A.603$149,717$156,200$170,000
LinkedIn Corporation595$152,560$179,359$199,534
Adobe Inc.591$160,000$185,000$215,000
LTIMindtree Limited583$103,542$112,425$127,043
Randstad Digital, LLC574$125,000$132,000$140,000
Mastercard International Incorporated550$115,000$115,000$138,000
Kforce INC.517$112,070$125,445$132,267
Bank of America N.a.514$145,059$155,000$166,988
Tesla, Inc.508$165,000$186,000$214,000
ByteDance Inc.504$170,000$210,000$265,000
IBM Corporation504$139,882$172,373$195,731
Uber Technologies, Inc.482$184,300$202,450$220,100
Cisco Systems, Inc.439$131,534$151,100$178,926
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.430$109,500$120,000$131,561
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC421$105,997$117,832$132,267
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.420$145,750$163,000$177,000
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp413$116,771$130,000$147,846
Ford Motor Company412$120,755$132,350$147,589
Wells Fargo Bank, N.a.411$129,210$141,751$155,688
ADP, Inc.410$105,267$127,504$149,760
Optum Services, Inc.407$116,438$127,431$141,898
Capital One Services, LLC397$149,781$173,763$179,982
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.394$141,347$155,709$169,339
Federal Express Corporation394$99,938$115,482$121,534
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC390$97,386$132,875$146,078
Goldman Sachs Services LLC370$123,150$146,000$178,000
Barclays Services LLC365$126,400$155,000$175,000
Tech Mahindra (americas), INC364$105,228$109,283$124,016
Charter Communications, Inc.363$112,174$118,706$139,443
ServiceNow, Inc.348$132,785$154,363$180,960
TikTok Inc.342$166,616$212,000$265,000
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.333$132,000$144,612$160,000
Expedia, Inc.330$132,267$137,259$163,862
Tata Consultancy Services Limited326$105,997$112,986$127,504
eBay Inc.320$164,376$180,227$208,189
FIS Management Services, LLC318$118,452$133,500$148,515
Amazon Data Services, Inc313$133,500$154,839$180,000
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.312$179,822$199,092$216,258
Snap INC.303$156,271$172,022$190,486

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Software Developers filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
California35,656$180,960
Texas34,007$115,000
Washington17,381$164,896
New York8,636$156,319
North Carolina8,186$125,000
New Jersey8,012$131,997
Georgia7,557$121,000
Illinois6,468$123,570
Florida5,413$116,771
Virginia5,362$126,090
Pennsylvania4,445$110,000
Massachusetts4,298$142,070
Michigan3,903$114,691
Ohio3,405$113,700
Arizona3,080$112,954

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 15-1252
Job titleFilingsMedian
Software Engineer29,621$137,259
Software Developer19,155$105,997
Senior Software Engineer10,150$147,980
Software Engineering5,814$170,795
Software Development Engineer II3,119$165,880
Java Developer1,996$100,000
Staff Software Engineer1,992$178,500
Senior Software Developer1,915$125,000
Software Engineer III1,636$120,003
Software Development Engineer I1,628$129,000
Software Dev Engineer I1,607$129,000
Lead Software Engineer1,531$144,000
Software Development Engineer1,490$147,983
Software Engineer II1,380$130,000
Software Dev Engineer II1,370$172,000
Senior Consultant1,356$123,656
Application Developer1,306$105,113
Vice President1,194$180,000
Machine Learning Engineer1,037$165,000
Senior Engineer1,018$139,475
Principal Software Engineer941$165,000
Postdoctoral Associate900$67,235
Senior Software Development Engineer791$147,600
Software Development Engineer III774$198,000
Director750$175,519
Vice President, Lead Software Engineer707$162,500
Technical Architect702$123,983
Full Stack Developer699$105,227
Software Engineering Applications695$177,618
Applications Consultant 3690$135,200
Salesforce Developer661$105,997
Associate, Software Engineer III645$140,000
Software Development Engineering602$190,486
Senior Manager, Software Engineering561$174,474
Staff Engineer554$154,565
Technical Program Manager548$166,000
Member of Technical Staff535$187,723
Software Dev Engineer III489$211,700
Software Engineer 3480$151,950
.net Developer468$103,210
Senior Developer461$129,813
Senior Machine Learning Engineer445$185,000
Senior Software Associate435$115,000
Senior Solution Specialist432$127,100
Software Architect405$132,350
Senior Devops Engineer403$135,000
Senior Software Engineer/developer388$115,408
Principal Engineer384$170,000
Product Engineer367$108,160
Application Engineer366$106,558
Software Engineer 2364$131,125
Engineer II358$108,160
Vice President, Software Engineering344$179,000
Applications Consultant 2333$121,222
Software Engineering Smts329$205,000
Technical Consultant322$108,722
Solution Specialist322$103,205
Principal Software Engineer/developer319$132,080
Cloud Engineer316$105,997
Principal Consultant314$128,687

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SOC 15-1252 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.