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Senior Software Engineer in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
579
Median offered wage
$147,846
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$147,846certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

100199FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
100199FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022199
FY2023124
FY202497
FY202594
FY2026*65
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
150
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. Wayfair LLC88
  2. Wellington Management Company LLP36
  3. Red Hat, Inc.35
  4. Klaviyo, Inc.30
  5. Shared Technology Services Group, Inc.26
  6. Roku, Inc.22
  7. DK Crown Holdings Inc.20
  8. Epam Systems, Inc15
  9. GlobalLogic Inc.14
  10. Datadog, Inc.12
  11. Foundation Medicine, Inc.10
  12. Circle Internet Financial, LLC10
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 $147,846; middle half $129,189 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $129,189 (marker) · 564 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II185
  3. Level III225
  4. Level IV148
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 Engineer" appears on 39,714 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5,607 employers for worksites in 1,704 cities; the median offered wage is $140,920, so the median in Boston is 4.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
39,714
Employers nationwide
5,607
Cities with filings
1,704
National median offered wage
$140,920
Share of national filings in Boston
1.5%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA2,179
  2. New York City, NY1,919
  3. Sunnyvale, CA1,559
  4. Bentonville, AR1,175
  5. Charlotte, NC1,103
  6. San Jose, CA972
  7. Mountain View, CA942
  8. Seattle, WA910
  9. Irving, TX879
  10. Austin, TX858
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Boston
3
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Software Engineer580
  3. Assistant Professor558
  4. Clinical Fellow469
  5. Software Developer378
  6. Software Engineer II376
  7. Resident375
  8. Associate357
  9. Software Development Engineer II348
  10. Research Scientist305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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