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Software Engineer in Kirkland, WA

Job title · Kirkland, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Kirkland, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,215
Median offered wage
$164,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$164,000certified 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 Kirkland.

Applications by fiscal year

250499FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
250499FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022346
FY2023461
FY2024496
FY2025499
FY2026*413
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
64
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 LLC2,044
  2. ServiceNow, Inc.26
  3. Robinhood Markets, Inc.17
  4. Facebook, Inc.15
  5. Microsoft Corporation15
  6. Smartek21 LLC9
  7. Netflix, Inc.6
  8. Coinbase, Inc.6
  9. Atlassian, Inc.4
  10. GoDaddy.com, LLC3
  11. DocuSign 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 $164,000; middle half $143,000 to $179,225 · median prevailing wage $137,259 (marker) · 2,194 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I17
  2. Level II1,399
  3. Level III461
  4. Level IV105
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 Kirkland is 24.0% 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 Kirkland
1.4%
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 Kirkland job market

Kirkland has 4,741 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,289 job titles and 546 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 46.7% of them.

Applications in Kirkland, all job titles
4,741
Job titles filed
1,289
Rank of Software Engineer in Kirkland
1
Median offered wage in Kirkland, all job titles
$159,332
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Kirkland
  1. Senior Software Engineer133
  2. Technical Program Manager60
  3. Product Manager57
  4. Engineer - Software Development54
  5. Staff Software Engineer43
  6. Program Manager43
  7. Software Development Engineer36
  8. Software Developer30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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