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Senior Software Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,919
Median offered wage
$160,805
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$160,805certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

248495FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
248495FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022495
FY2023326
FY2024329
FY2025444
FY2026*325
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
456
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. Bloomberg, LP473
  2. Datadog, Inc.59
  3. Uber Technologies, Inc.57
  4. Intuit Inc.54
  5. Mongodb, Inc.36
  6. Google LLC31
  7. Epam Systems, Inc27
  8. Mastercard International Incorporated27
  9. The New York Times Company26
  10. Robinhood Markets, Inc.26
  11. Squarespace, Inc.26
  12. Microsoft Corporation22
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 $160,805; middle half $142,563 to $195,000 · median prevailing wage $145,454 (marker) · 1,890 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I12
  2. Level II266
  3. Level III968
  4. Level IV620
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 New York City is 14.1% 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 New York City
4.8%
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
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; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in New York City
5
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. Software Developer1,600
  6. Data Scientist1,392
  7. Senior Associate1,297
  8. Manager1,055
  9. Software Development Engineer II967
  10. Quantitative Researcher962
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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