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Backend Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Backend Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
37
Median offered wage
$163,160
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$163,160certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Backend Engineer" and a worksite in New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20228
FY20235
FY20246
FY202510
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
97.2%
Employers filing
24
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Stripe, Inc.6
  2. Spotify USA, Inc.3
  3. Finster AI Inc.3
  4. Pomegranate Technologies, Inc.2
  5. Arthur AI, Inc.2
  6. Superscript, Inc.2
  7. Bridge IT, Inc.1
  8. Hyper Labs, Inc1
  9. Bilt Technologies, Inc.1
  10. Archipelago Analytics, Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $163,160; middle half $140,125 to $183,371 · median prevailing wage $133,390 (marker) · 35 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II14
  3. Level III12
  4. Level IV10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Backend Engineer" appears on 331 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 166 employers for worksites in 78 cities; the median offered wage is $145,000, so the median in New York City is 12.5% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
331
Employers nationwide
166
Cities with filings
78
National median offered wage
$145,000
Share of national filings in New York City
11.2%
Cities with the most applications for Backend Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA47
  2. New York City, NY37
  3. Sunnyvale, CA22
  4. Austin, TX16
  5. San Jose, CA15
  6. Seattle, WA14
  7. Bellevue, WA11
  8. San Mateo, CA10
  9. South San Francisco, CA9
  10. Palo Alto, CA9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Backend Engineer" ranks #386 by applications, with 0.0% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Backend Engineer in New York City
386
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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