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Software Development Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
524
Median offered wage
$132,267
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$132,267certified 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" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

78155FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
78155FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022155
FY202363
FY2024125
FY2025120
FY2026*61
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
36
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. Expedia, Inc.195
  2. Apple Inc.132
  3. Adobe Inc.84
  4. Tesla, Inc.37
  5. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.26
  6. Amazon.com Services LLC5
  7. GoDaddy.com, LLC4
  8. Flextronics International USA, Inc.3
  9. Whole Foods Market Services, Inc.3
  10. ShortTok, Inc.3
  11. Cisco Systems, Inc.3
  12. Flextronics America, LLC2
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 $132,267; middle half $109,138 to $153,200 · median prevailing wage $114,754 (marker) · 514 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I30
  2. Level II190
  3. Level III122
  4. Level IV153
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" appears on 7,593 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 697 employers for worksites in 495 cities; the median offered wage is $146,328, so the median in Austin is 9.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
7,593
Employers nationwide
697
Cities with filings
495
National median offered wage
$146,328
Share of national filings in Austin
6.9%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA1,223
  2. Seattle, WA1,174
  3. Cupertino, CA898
  4. Austin, TX524
  5. Sunnyvale, CA275
  6. Fremont, CA223
  7. San Francisco, CA222
  8. Redlands, CA138
  9. New York City, NY126
  10. Santa Clara, CA125
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" ranks #8 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Development Engineer in Austin
8
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. 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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