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Software Engineer 3 in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Engineer 3
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
184
Median offered wage
$135,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,000certified 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 Engineer 3" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

2447FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2447FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202230
FY202343
FY202447
FY202541
FY2026*23
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
12
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. Ebay Inc.66
  2. Paypal, Inc.64
  3. PayPal Data Services, Inc.38
  4. Bill Me Later, Inc.4
  5. Capgemini America Inc4
  6. TORC Robotics, Inc.2
  7. Shoolin Inc1
  8. Virat Solutions Inc1
  9. Natera, Inc.1
  10. Cymer LLC1
  11. Asml US, LP1
  12. HP Inc.1
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 $135,000; middle half $126,736 to $142,000 · median prevailing wage $118,165 (marker) · 183 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II12
  2. Level III165
  3. 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 3" appears on 2,135 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 103 employers for worksites in 277 cities; the median offered wage is $147,713, so the median in Austin is 8.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,135
Employers nationwide
103
Cities with filings
277
National median offered wage
$147,713
Share of national filings in Austin
8.6%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer 3
  1. San Jose, CA804
  2. Austin, TX184
  3. Bellevue, WA86
  4. Chicago, IL67
  5. New York City, NY52
  6. Wilton, CT52
  7. Nashville, TN47
  8. Sterling, VA38
  9. Scottsdale, AZ37
  10. San Francisco, CA36
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 3" ranks #36 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Engineer 3 in Austin
36
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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