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Senior Software Engineer in Charlotte, NC

Job title · Charlotte, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Charlotte, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,103
Median offered wage
$131,841
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$131,841certified 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 Charlotte.

Applications by fiscal year

127254FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
127254FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022254
FY2023250
FY2024185
FY2025251
FY2026*163
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
158

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Lowe's Companies, Inc.578
  2. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.69
  3. U.S. Bank National Association33
  4. Randstad Technologies, LLC25
  5. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.22
  6. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.20
  7. DataEconomy, Inc.18
  8. Credit Karma LLC17
  9. AvidXchange, Inc.12
  10. LendingTree, LLC11
  11. Innova Solutions, Inc.9
  12. Cryptograph Technologies USA Inc8

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $131,841; middle half $120,058 to $135,000 · median prevailing wage $123,677 (marker) · 1,093 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II149
  3. Level III754
  4. Level IV114

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 Charlotte is 6.4% below 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 Charlotte
2.8%
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

The Charlotte job market

Charlotte has 33,191 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 8,473 job titles and 3,888 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 3.3% of them.

Applications in Charlotte, all job titles
33,191
Job titles filed
8,473
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Charlotte
3
Median offered wage in Charlotte, all job titles
$112,986
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Charlotte
  1. Software Developer2,223
  2. Software Engineer1,941
  3. Architect527
  4. Senior Software Developer437
  5. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects430
  6. Lead Software Engineer413
  7. Data Engineer392
  8. Java Developer316
  9. Manager JC50309
  10. Senior Associate JC60 -computer Systems Engineers/architects222