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Software Engineer in Bellevue, WA

Job title · Bellevue, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Bellevue, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
4,743
Median offered wage
$173,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$173,000certified 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" and a worksite in Bellevue.

Applications by fiscal year

6581,315FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
6581,315FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,315
FY2023856
FY2024876
FY2025964
FY2026*732
Certified (decided applications)
99.9%
Employers filing
280
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. Facebook, Inc.2,082
  2. Microsoft Corporation1,160
  3. Snowflake Inc.191
  4. Google LLC167
  5. Flexport, Inc.84
  6. Databricks, Inc.79
  7. TikTok Inc.68
  8. Bytedance Inc.68
  9. Intel Corporation62
  10. People Center, Inc.38
  11. Salesforce, Inc.33
  12. Linkedin Corporation27
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 $173,000; middle half $145,000 to $203,350 · median prevailing wage $140,920 (marker) · 4,717 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I544
  2. Level II1,724
  3. Level III1,095
  4. Level IV1,242
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 Bellevue is 30.8% above 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 Bellevue
3.0%
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 Bellevue job market

Bellevue has 35,487 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,012 job titles and 2,326 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 13.4% of them.

Applications in Bellevue, all job titles
35,487
Job titles filed
6,012
Rank of Software Engineer in Bellevue
1
Median offered wage in Bellevue, all job titles
$150,900
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Bellevue
  1. Software Development Engineer II1,101
  2. Software Dev Engineer II690
  3. Senior Software Engineer686
  4. Software Development Engineer I615
  5. Business Intelligence Engineer II433
  6. Software Developer427
  7. Software Development Engineer III369
  8. Software Dev Engineer I349
  9. Research Scientist344
  10. Program Manager III311
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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