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Software Development Engineer III in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer III
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,601
Median offered wage
$183,400
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$183,400certified 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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

249497FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
249497FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022334
FY2023321
FY2024497
FY2025249
FY2026*200
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
21
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 LLC1,121
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.238
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.150
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc35
  5. Amazon Advertising LLC13
  6. Twitch Interactive, Inc.9
  7. Capital Group Companies Global6
  8. F5, Inc.6
  9. Amazon Payments, Inc.4
  10. Fuelcomm, Inc4
  11. Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.3
  12. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center2
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 $183,400; middle half $155,418 to $207,700 · median prevailing wage $155,418 (marker) · 1,594 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II10
  2. Level III1,474
  3. Level IV41
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 Seattle is 5.1% 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 Seattle
37.4%
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 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 III" ranks #6 by applications, with 2.3% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Software Development Engineer III in Seattle
6
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 Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  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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