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Software Development Engineer II in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer II
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
4,848
Median offered wage
$157,900
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$157,900certified 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 II" and a worksite in Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

7031,405FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
7031,405FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,073
FY2023857
FY20241,405
FY2025969
FY2026*544
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
42
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 LLC2,943
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.1,089
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.498
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc154
  5. Imdb.com, Inc.27
  6. Amazon Advertising LLC24
  7. Twitch Interactive, Inc.17
  8. FLEXE, Inc.11
  9. Remitly, Inc.10
  10. Woot Services LLC9
  11. Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.9
  12. Fuelcomm, Inc6
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 $157,900; middle half $140,095 to $173,025 · median prevailing wage $128,502 (marker) · 4,812 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I20
  2. Level II4,768
  3. Level III26
  4. Level IV4
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 II" appears on 15,049 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 151 employers for worksites in 309 cities; the median offered wage is $163,185, so the median in Seattle is 3.2% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
15,049
Employers nationwide
151
Cities with filings
309
National median offered wage
$163,185
Share of national filings in Seattle
32.2%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer II
  1. Seattle, WA4,848
  2. Sunnyvale, CA1,225
  3. Bellevue, WA1,101
  4. New York City, NY967
  5. Austin, TX871
  6. Santa Clara, CA635
  7. East Palo Alto, CA544
  8. Arlington, VA437
  9. San Francisco, CA426
  10. Palo Alto, CA360
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 II" ranks #2 by applications, with 6.9% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Software Development Engineer II in Seattle
2
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 I3,414
  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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