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Software Development Engineer in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,174
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$150,000certified 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" and a worksite in Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

189378FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
189378FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022378
FY2023236
FY2024238
FY2025189
FY2026*133
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
71
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.473
  2. Apple Inc.280
  3. Adobe Inc.141
  4. Zillow, Inc.93
  5. Remitly, Inc.29
  6. Highspot, Inc.12
  7. Cirquetech Group Inc.11
  8. EAN.com, LP8
  9. Amazon.com Services LLC8
  10. MCG Health, LLC8
  11. Commerce Fabric Inc.7
  12. Couloir Technology Group, Inc.5
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 $150,000; middle half $130,000 to $168,709 · median prevailing wage $141,647 (marker) · 1,157 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I46
  2. Level II394
  3. Level III284
  4. Level IV280
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 Seattle is 2.5% above 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 Seattle
15.5%
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 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" ranks #8 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Software Development Engineer in Seattle
8
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. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  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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