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Software Development Engineer I in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer I
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
622
Median offered wage
$129,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$129,000certified 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 Development Engineer I" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

97194FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
97194FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022149
FY2023194
FY2024127
FY2025123
FY2026*29
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
11
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. Amazon.com Services LLC462
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.77
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.54
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc7
  5. Annapurna Labs Inc.6
  6. Amazon Advertising LLC5
  7. Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.4
  8. Pillpack LLC3
  9. Prime Now LLC2
  10. NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC1
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 $129,000; middle half $110,500 to $130,900 · median prevailing wage $72,384 (marker) · 616 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I616
  2. Level II5
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 Development Engineer I" appears on 9,321 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 80 employers for worksites in 210 cities; the median offered wage is $129,000, so the median in Austin is 0.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
9,321
Employers nationwide
80
Cities with filings
210
National median offered wage
$129,000
Share of national filings in Austin
6.7%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer I
  1. Seattle, WA3,414
  2. Austin, TX622
  3. Bellevue, WA615
  4. Sunnyvale, CA532
  5. New York City, NY516
  6. Arlington, VA442
  7. East Palo Alto, CA308
  8. Santa Clara, CA231
  9. San Francisco, CA225
  10. Boston, MA225
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 Development Engineer I" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.0% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Development Engineer I in Austin
6
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 Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  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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