VISA ATLASWork visas & talent mobility
From→ToFind a corridor EN
☰

Software Engineer in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
580
Median offered wage
$115,252
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$115,252certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
JT<USASOFTWARE<ENGINEER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
MA4<N5804<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<2

Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Software Engineer" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

93185FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
93185FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022185
FY2023119
FY202499
FY2025110
FY2026*67
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
240
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. Wayfair LLC53
  2. Red Hat, Inc.27
  3. DK Crown Holdings Inc.24
  4. Verily Life Sciences LLC16
  5. Autodesk, Inc.12
  6. Circle Internet Financial, LLC11
  7. OpenGov, Inc.10
  8. Microsoft Corporation10
  9. AppSec IT Solutions LLC9
  10. Homesite Group, Inc.9
  11. Cbre, Inc.9
  12. Lendbuzz, Inc.8
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 $115,252; middle half $100,598 to $135,000 · median prevailing wage $108,181 (marker) · 564 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I140
  2. Level II327
  3. Level III75
  4. Level IV24
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 Boston is 12.9% 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 Boston
0.4%
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 Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Software Engineer in Boston
2
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Senior Software Engineer579
  3. Assistant Professor558
  4. Clinical Fellow469
  5. Software Developer378
  6. Software Engineer II376
  7. Resident375
  8. Associate357
  9. Software Development Engineer II348
  10. Research Scientist305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Official data, not advice. Visa Atlas publishes figures from government registers and statistics. It does not assess eligibility or give immigration advice; for advice, consult a regulated adviser. Read more