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Software Engineer in Charlotte, NC

Job title · Charlotte, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Charlotte, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,941
Median offered wage
$110,240
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$110,240certified 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 Charlotte.

Applications by fiscal year

218435FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
218435FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022385
FY2023404
FY2024348
FY2025435
FY2026*369
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
522
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. Lowe's Companies, Inc.326
  2. Mphasis Corporation135
  3. Mitchell/martin, Inc.119
  4. Microsoft Corporation64
  5. Miracle Software Systems, Inc.48
  6. Collabera LLC38
  7. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.30
  8. U.S. Bank National Association28
  9. Mindlance, Inc.25
  10. Skilltune Technologies Inc25
  11. Candorsoft Technologies LLC24
  12. Tabner, Inc.22
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 $110,240; middle half $95,026 to $120,640 · median prevailing wage $101,109 (marker) · 1,915 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I296
  2. Level II1,299
  3. Level III224
  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 Charlotte is 16.7% 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 Charlotte
1.2%
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 Charlotte job market

Charlotte has 33,191 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 8,473 job titles and 3,888 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 5.8% of them.

Applications in Charlotte, all job titles
33,191
Job titles filed
8,473
Rank of Software Engineer in Charlotte
2
Median offered wage in Charlotte, all job titles
$112,986
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Charlotte
  1. Software Developer2,223
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,103
  3. Architect527
  4. Senior Software Developer437
  5. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects430
  6. Lead Software Engineer413
  7. Data Engineer392
  8. Java Developer316
  9. Manager JC50309
  10. Senior Associate JC60 -computer Systems Engineers/architects222
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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