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Software Developer in Richmond, VA

Job title · Richmond, Virginia

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
Richmond, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
551
Median offered wage
$102,939
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$102,939certified 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 Richmond.

Applications by fiscal year

83165FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
83165FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022165
FY202394
FY2024123
FY2025121
FY2026*48
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
244

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Compunnel Software Group, Inc67
  2. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.23
  3. United Global Professional Services Inc14
  4. Logicroute LLC13
  5. Vyzer Solutions Inc8
  6. IT America Inc6
  7. Esvee Technologies, Inc6
  8. Sqa Concepts Inc6
  9. Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc.6
  10. Invicktus Inc6
  11. Emaestro Technologies Inc5
  12. Dataedge, Inc5

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $102,939; middle half $90,900 to $108,000 · median prevailing wage $95,909 (marker) · 543 applications.

$80k$90k$100k$110k$120k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I68
  2. Level II436
  3. Level III37
  4. Level IV9

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 Richmond is 2.9% above 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 Richmond
0.5%
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

The Richmond job market

Richmond has 7,164 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,919 job titles and 1,278 employers; "Software Developer" ranks #1 by applications, with 7.7% of them.

Applications in Richmond, all job titles
7,164
Job titles filed
1,919
Rank of Software Developer in Richmond
1
Median offered wage in Richmond, all job titles
$101,920
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Richmond
  1. Software Engineer290
  2. Data Analyst180
  3. Data Engineer158
  4. Assistant Professor147
  5. Lead Software Engineer120
  6. Java Developer115
  7. Senior Data Analyst109
  8. Senior Software Engineer99
  9. Senior Manager, Software Engineering94
  10. Senior Lead Software Engineer79