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Software Development Engineer III in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer III
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
249
Median offered wage
$178,020
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$178,020certified 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 III" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

3672FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3672FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202243
FY202357
FY202472
FY202547
FY2026*30
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
7
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 LLC189
  2. Amazon Web Services, Inc.32
  3. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.11
  4. Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.7
  5. Amazon Data Services, Inc5
  6. Twitch Interactive, Inc.3
  7. Annapurna Labs Inc.2
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 $178,020; middle half $143,210 to $207,690 · median prevailing wage $118,165 (marker) · 247 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II3
  2. Level III238
  3. Level IV8
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 III" appears on 4,285 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 80 employers for worksites in 130 cities; the median offered wage is $193,300, so the median in Austin is 7.9% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,285
Employers nationwide
80
Cities with filings
130
National median offered wage
$193,300
Share of national filings in Austin
5.8%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer III
  1. Seattle, WA1,601
  2. Sunnyvale, CA447
  3. Bellevue, WA369
  4. Austin, TX249
  5. New York City, NY228
  6. East Palo Alto, CA154
  7. Santa Clara, CA151
  8. San Francisco, CA107
  9. Palo Alto, CA106
  10. Cupertino, CA89
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 III" ranks #23 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Development Engineer III in Austin
23
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. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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