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Software Engineer in Madison, WI

Job title · Madison, Wisconsin

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Madison, Wisconsin
Applications FY2022–FY2026
221
Median offered wage
$102,095
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$102,095certified 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 Madison.

Applications by fiscal year

2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202251
FY202349
FY202445
FY202545
FY2026*31
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
67
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 LLC61
  2. Atos Syntel Inc29
  3. Natsoft Corporation10
  4. Windycity Technologies Inc10
  5. Code Ace Solutions Inc8
  6. Flexera Global, Inc7
  7. Deebecon Inc6
  8. Microsoft Corporation5
  9. Multivision LLC4
  10. Frontier Technologies, LLC4
  11. Digital Scripts Inc3
  12. MSR Technology Group LLC3
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 $102,095; middle half $90,042 to $126,000 · median prevailing wage $85,592 (marker) · 214 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I13
  2. Level II156
  3. Level III41
  4. Level IV9
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 Madison is 22.8% 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 Madison
0.1%
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 Madison job market

Madison has 5,112 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,273 job titles and 755 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #5 by applications, with 4.3% of them.

Applications in Madison, all job titles
5,112
Job titles filed
1,273
Rank of Software Engineer in Madison
5
Median offered wage in Madison, all job titles
$90,688
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Madison
  1. Assistant Professor358
  2. Research Associate-postdegree Trainee317
  3. Scientist I303
  4. Software Developer252
  5. Scientist II92
  6. Assistant Scientist70
  7. Research Specialist59
  8. Senior Engineer57
  9. Researcher I56
  10. Research Associate - Postdegree Trainee49
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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