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Software Engineer in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,679
Median offered wage
$98,301
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$98,301certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

198396FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
198396FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022374
FY2023355
FY2024396
FY2025353
FY2026*201
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
473
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 Corporation149
  2. Saipsit, Inc.63
  3. Quest IT Solutions, Inc58
  4. Meghaz Inc.49
  5. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.45
  6. Zeus Solutions Inc43
  7. Zenfair Solutions Inc.33
  8. Maddisoft LLC29
  9. American Tech Vision Solutions LLC28
  10. Byte Link Systems Inc26
  11. Mebhaz Inc.22
  12. SVS Soft Tech LLC21
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 $98,301; middle half $85,634 to $106,000 · median prevailing wage $90,522 (marker) · 1,641 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I364
  2. Level II1,135
  3. Level III123
  4. Level IV39
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 Houston is 25.7% 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 Houston
1.1%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 4.0% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Software Engineer in Houston
2
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Assistant Professor763
  3. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  5. Data Engineer341
  6. Research Scientist301
  7. Manager301
  8. Data Scientist272
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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