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Software Engineer 2 in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Engineer 2
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
162
Median offered wage
$116,122
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$116,122certified 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 Engineer 2" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202242
FY202336
FY202438
FY202522
FY2026*24
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
16
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. Paypal, Inc.48
  2. PayPal Data Services, Inc.29
  3. Dell Products L.P.27
  4. Ebay Inc.23
  5. Capgemini America Inc9
  6. TORC Robotics, Inc.6
  7. Emc Corporation4
  8. Procore Technologies, Inc.3
  9. Deloitte & Touche LLP3
  10. HP Inc.2
  11. Skyworks Solutions, Inc.2
  12. Zynga 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 $116,122; middle half $108,826 to $125,000 · median prevailing wage $96,866 (marker) · 160 applications.

$100k$110k$120k$130k$140k
$100k$110k$120k$130k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I6
  2. Level II148
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV2
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 Engineer 2" appears on 1,789 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 146 employers for worksites in 281 cities; the median offered wage is $122,550, so the median in Austin is 5.2% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,789
Employers nationwide
146
Cities with filings
281
National median offered wage
$122,550
Share of national filings in Austin
9.1%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer 2
  1. San Jose, CA345
  2. Austin, TX162
  3. Chicago, IL61
  4. Atlanta, GA53
  5. Seattle, WA48
  6. San Francisco, CA41
  7. Nashville, TN40
  8. New York City, NY40
  9. Hopkinton, MA39
  10. Bellevue, WA33
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 Engineer 2" ranks #45 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Engineer 2 in Austin
45
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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