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Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA

Job title · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
717
Median offered wage
$151,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$151,000certified 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 Cambridge.

Applications by fiscal year

98195FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
98195FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022195
FY2023161
FY2024143
FY2025125
FY2026*93
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
77
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 LLC347
  2. Facebook, Inc.96
  3. Microsoft Corporation85
  4. HubSpot, Inc.48
  5. Kayak Software Corporation11
  6. The Broad Institute, Inc.9
  7. CarGurus, Inc.7
  8. Verily Life Sciences LLC6
  9. IBM Corporation6
  10. Moderna Services, Inc.4
  11. QuantumID Technologies4
  12. Emerald Innovations, Inc.3
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 $151,000; middle half $130,000 to $170,017 · median prevailing wage $112,986 (marker) · 706 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I113
  2. Level II353
  3. Level III146
  4. Level IV78
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 Cambridge is 14.2% 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 Cambridge
0.5%
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 Cambridge job market

Cambridge has 12,657 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,540 job titles and 1,420 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 5.7% of them.

Applications in Cambridge, all job titles
12,657
Job titles filed
4,540
Rank of Software Engineer in Cambridge
1
Median offered wage in Cambridge, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Cambridge
  1. Research Scientist652
  2. Postdoctoral Associate549
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow257
  4. Research Associate248
  5. Assistant Professor210
  6. Senior Research Associate130
  7. Research Scientist II107
  8. Scientist105
  9. Software Development Engineer II104
  10. Senior Software Engineer103
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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