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Software Engineer in Jersey City, NJ

Job title · Jersey City, New Jersey

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Applications FY2022–FY2026
973
Median offered wage
$123,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$123,000certified 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 Jersey City.

Applications by fiscal year

119238FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
119238FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022238
FY2023199
FY2024231
FY2025181
FY2026*124
Certified (decided applications)
99.2%
Employers filing
308
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 Corporation158
  2. Mitchell/martin, Inc.75
  3. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.35
  4. Microsoft Corporation31
  5. Facebook, Inc.28
  6. Skilltune Technologies Inc25
  7. Nile Tech Inc19
  8. Google LLC18
  9. GP Technologies LLC16
  10. Satin Solutions LLC13
  11. Coinbase, Inc.13
  12. Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC11
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 $123,000; middle half $101,754 to $146,654 · median prevailing wage $106,662 (marker) · 951 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I232
  2. Level II498
  3. Level III130
  4. Level IV89
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 Jersey City is 7.0% 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 Jersey City
0.6%
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 Jersey City job market

Jersey City has 23,999 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,192 job titles and 3,791 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.1% of them.

Applications in Jersey City, all job titles
23,999
Job titles filed
7,192
Rank of Software Engineer in Jersey City
1
Median offered wage in Jersey City, all job titles
$127,400
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Jersey City
  1. Software Developer822
  2. Vice President375
  3. Vice President, Software Engineer331
  4. Vice President, Lead Software Engineer329
  5. Architect301
  6. Associate, Software Engineer269
  7. Associate, Software Engineer III225
  8. Senior Software Engineer207
  9. Project Manager204
  10. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects203
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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