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Software Developer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,341
Median offered wage
$98,873
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$98,873certified 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 "Software Developer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

273545FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
273545FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022537
FY2023545
FY2024490
FY2025449
FY2026*320
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
780
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. Tata Consultancy Services Limited174
  2. Compunnel Software Group, Inc108
  3. Oracle America, Inc.79
  4. Metaforge IT Solutions64
  5. IBM Corporation56
  6. Apple Inc.37
  7. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.37
  8. Eyvatek LLC32
  9. Sapot Systems, Inc29
  10. Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.22
  11. Terbium Technologies Inc22
  12. Megan Soft, Inc.17
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 $98,873; middle half $92,040 to $114,754 · median prevailing wage $96,866 (marker) · 2,294 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I311
  2. Level II1,757
  3. Level III169
  4. Level IV90
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 "Software Developer" appears on 108,158 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 9,400 employers for worksites in 2,706 cities; the median offered wage is $100,000, so the median in Austin is 1.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
108,158
Employers nationwide
9,400
Cities with filings
2,706
National median offered wage
$100,000
Share of national filings in Austin
2.2%
Cities with the most applications for Software Developer
  1. Irving, TX5,444
  2. Plano, TX3,748
  3. Houston, TX3,067
  4. Austin, TX2,341
  5. Charlotte, NC2,223
  6. Frisco, TX2,135
  7. Dallas, TX2,056
  8. Alpharetta, GA2,024
  9. Atlanta, GA1,697
  10. New York City, NY1,600
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Software Developer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.6% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Developer in Austin
2
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Development Engineer II871
  3. Senior Software Engineer858
  4. Component Design Engineer663
  5. Software Development Engineer I622
  6. Architect574
  7. Software Development Engineer524
  8. Data Engineer500
  9. Software Dev Engineer II367
  10. Software Engineering Applications363
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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