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Software Engineer in Columbus, OH

Job title · Columbus, Ohio

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Columbus, Ohio
Applications FY2022–FY2026
510
Median offered wage
$100,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$100,000certified 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 Columbus.

Applications by fiscal year

81162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
81162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022162
FY202369
FY2024100
FY202588
FY2026*91
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
161
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. Mphasis Corporation87
  2. Windycity Technologies Inc32
  3. Racedog Ltd29
  4. American Business Solutions, Inc.26
  5. 3amigosit LLC23
  6. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.20
  7. American Chemical Society13
  8. Natsoft Corporation12
  9. Columbus International Corporation11
  10. U.S. Bank National Association9
  11. Path Robotics Inc.6
  12. Netjets Services, Inc.6
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 $100,000; middle half $87,335 to $115,000 · median prevailing wage $85,571 (marker) · 504 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I75
  2. Level II356
  3. Level III39
  4. Level IV29
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 Columbus is 24.4% 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 Columbus
0.3%
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 Columbus job market

Columbus has 13,039 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,282 job titles and 1,809 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.9% of them.

Applications in Columbus, all job titles
13,039
Job titles filed
3,282
Rank of Software Engineer in Columbus
2
Median offered wage in Columbus, all job titles
$101,899
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Columbus
  1. Software Developer795
  2. Vice President, Lead Software Engineer261
  3. Assistant Professor210
  4. Post Doctoral Scholar205
  5. Developer203
  6. Associate, Software Engineer202
  7. Vice President, Software Engineer186
  8. Research Scientist183
  9. Associate, Software Engineer III149
  10. Architect147
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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