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Senior Software Development Engineer in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Senior Software Development Engineer
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
254
Median offered wage
$185,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$185,000certified 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 "Senior Software Development Engineer" and a worksite in Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

3161FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3161FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202260
FY202349
FY202461
FY202555
FY2026*29
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
22
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. Expedia, Inc.102
  2. Zillow, Inc.91
  3. Remitly, Inc.14
  4. Qualtrics, LLC10
  5. MCG Health, LLC8
  6. Skytap, Inc.4
  7. Siemens Corporation4
  8. Coupang Global LLC3
  9. Avalara, Inc.2
  10. GoDaddy.com, LLC2
  11. Sonos, Inc.2
  12. Social Finance, Inc.2
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 $185,000; middle half $170,000 to $198,092 · median prevailing wage $168,709 (marker) · 250 applications.

$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II9
  2. Level III39
  3. Level IV182
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 "Senior Software Development Engineer" appears on 1,632 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 241 employers for worksites in 283 cities; the median offered wage is $148,949, so the median in Seattle is 24.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,632
Employers nationwide
241
Cities with filings
283
National median offered wage
$148,949
Share of national filings in Seattle
15.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Development Engineer
  1. Seattle, WA254
  2. Fremont, CA99
  3. Austin, TX75
  4. Bellevue, WA60
  5. San Jose, CA59
  6. Parsippany, NJ56
  7. Atlanta, GA49
  8. Palo Alto, CA46
  9. Redmond, WA40
  10. Chicago, IL37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Senior Software Development Engineer" ranks #41 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Senior Software Development Engineer in Seattle
41
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Engineer5,057
  2. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  3. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  6. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  8. Software Development Engineer1,174
  9. Senior Software Engineer910
  10. Applied Scientist II892
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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