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Software Development Engineer I in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer I
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
3,414
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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

5031,005FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
5031,005FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022935
FY20231,005
FY2024610
FY2025658
FY2026*206
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
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 LLC2,006
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.722
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.499
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc100
  5. Amazon Advertising LLC15
  6. Imdb.com, Inc.13
  7. Pillpack LLC12
  8. Amazon.com.ca, Inc.7
  9. Twitch Interactive, Inc.7
  10. Moderna Services, Inc.6
  11. Fuelcomm, Inc6
  12. Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.4
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 $109,656 to $130,075 · median prevailing wage $106,642 (marker) · 3,382 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3,364
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III4
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 Seattle 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 Seattle
36.6%
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 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; "Software Development Engineer I" ranks #3 by applications, with 4.8% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Software Development Engineer I in Seattle
3
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 Dev Engineer II2,366
  4. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  5. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  6. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  7. Software Development Engineer1,174
  8. Senior Software Engineer910
  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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