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Senior Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA

Job title · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
103
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$150,000certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Cambridge.

Applications by fiscal year

2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202245
FY202324
FY202410
FY202511
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
40
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. CarGurus, Inc.14
  2. Akamai Technologies, Inc.12
  3. The Broad Institute, Inc.10
  4. Google LLC8
  5. HubSpot, Inc.7
  6. Jobcase, Inc.7
  7. Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Inc.4
  8. Kayak Software Corporation4
  9. Known Global LLC2
  10. Iterative Scopes, Inc.2
  11. Pegasystems Inc.2
  12. Harvard University2
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 $150,000; middle half $130,000 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $126,741 (marker) · 103 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I6
  2. Level II33
  3. Level III36
  4. Level IV27
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 Cambridge is 6.4% 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 Cambridge
0.3%
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 Cambridge job market

Cambridge has 12,657 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,540 job titles and 1,420 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #11 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Cambridge, all job titles
12,657
Job titles filed
4,540
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Cambridge
11
Median offered wage in Cambridge, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Cambridge
  1. Software Engineer717
  2. Research Scientist652
  3. Postdoctoral Associate549
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow257
  5. Research Associate248
  6. Assistant Professor210
  7. Senior Research Associate130
  8. Research Scientist II107
  9. Scientist105
  10. Software Development Engineer II104
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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