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Software Engineer 3 in Sterling, VA

Job title · Sterling, Virginia

Job title as filed
Software Engineer 3
City
Sterling, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
38
Median offered wage
$150,256
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$150,256certified 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 Sterling.

Applications by fiscal year

612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY20234
FY20247
FY202512
FY2026*4
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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. Asurion, LLC38
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 $150,256; middle half $140,000 to $154,114 · median prevailing wage $114,026 (marker) · 37 applications.

$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II36
  2. Level III2
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 Sterling is 1.7% above 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 Sterling
1.8%
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 Sterling job market

Sterling has 2,566 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 771 job titles and 500 employers; "Software Engineer 3" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.5% of them.

Applications in Sterling, all job titles
2,566
Job titles filed
771
Rank of Software Engineer 3 in Sterling
5
Median offered wage in Sterling, all job titles
$103,938
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sterling
  1. Software Developer403
  2. Software Engineer196
  3. Data Engineer52
  4. Software Engineer 444
  5. Software Programmer37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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