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Software Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,870
Median offered wage
$110,824
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$110,824certified 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" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

331662FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
331662FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022662
FY2023555
FY2024625
FY2025588
FY2026*440
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
767
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. Google LLC207
  2. Intel Corporation187
  3. Mphasis Corporation174
  4. NVIDIA Corporation122
  5. Microsoft Corporation97
  6. Tecra Systems, Inc71
  7. Facebook, Inc.66
  8. Indeed, Inc.62
  9. Arista Networks, Inc.54
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.46
  11. Paypal, Inc.39
  12. SRS Consulting Inc.28
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 $110,824; middle half $92,040 to $135,000 · median prevailing wage $96,866 (marker) · 2,810 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I403
  2. Level II1,682
  3. Level III419
  4. Level IV275
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" appears on 158,483 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11,784 employers for worksites in 2,549 cities; the median offered wage is $132,267, so the median in Austin is 16.2% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
158,483
Employers nationwide
11,784
Cities with filings
2,549
National median offered wage
$132,267
Share of national filings in Austin
1.8%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA11,923
  2. Redmond, WA9,634
  3. Sunnyvale, CA9,088
  4. New York City, NY7,682
  5. Menlo Park, CA6,399
  6. San Francisco, CA5,831
  7. Seattle, WA5,057
  8. Bellevue, WA4,743
  9. Irving, TX3,499
  10. San Jose, CA2,964
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" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.5% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Software Engineer in Austin
1
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 Developer2,341
  2. Software Development Engineer II871
  3. Senior Software Engineer858
  4. Component Design Engineer663
  5. Software Development Engineer I622
  6. Architect574
  7. Software Development Engineer524
  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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