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Software Developer in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
3,067
Median offered wage
$93,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$93,000certified 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 "Software Developer" and a worksite in Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

416832FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
416832FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022832
FY2023749
FY2024694
FY2025494
FY2026*298
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
697
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. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited103
  2. Compunnel Software Group, Inc98
  3. Infodat International Inc85
  4. H-town Technologies Inc60
  5. Creative Team LLC55
  6. Seventynine Solutions, Inc.54
  7. SkillGigs, Inc.49
  8. Stiaos Technologies Inc48
  9. Ykunt Inc AKA Techday Inc45
  10. Kastech Solutions LLC38
  11. Adaiam Inc37
  12. Techwave Consulting Inc34
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 $93,000; middle half $90,522 to $103,210 · median prevailing wage $92,685 (marker) · 3,002 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I662
  2. Level II2,232
  3. Level III127
  4. Level IV33
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 Houston is 7.0% 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 Houston
2.8%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Software Developer" ranks #1 by applications, with 7.2% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Software Developer in Houston
1
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Engineer1,679
  2. Assistant Professor763
  3. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  5. Data Engineer341
  6. Research Scientist301
  7. Manager301
  8. Data Scientist272
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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