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Senior Software Engineer in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
910
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 Engineer" and a worksite in Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

133266FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
133266FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022266
FY2023154
FY2024160
FY2025187
FY2026*143
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
215
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. Uber Technologies, Inc.128
  2. Airbnb, Inc.61
  3. Social Finance, Inc.57
  4. Indeed, Inc.49
  5. DocuSign Inc.22
  6. Zillow, Inc.18
  7. Galileo Financial Technologies18
  8. Databricks, Inc.18
  9. Google LLC16
  10. Zulily, LLC16
  11. Axon Enterprise, Inc.16
  12. Coupang Global LLC14
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 $165,000 to $206,000 · median prevailing wage $162,510 (marker) · 896 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II110
  3. Level III429
  4. Level IV307
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 Seattle is 31.3% 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 Seattle
2.3%
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 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 Engineer" ranks #9 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Seattle
9
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. Applied Scientist II892
  10. Business Intelligence Engineer II817
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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