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Software Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
7,682
Median offered wage
$172,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$172,000certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

8641,728FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
8641,728FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,441
FY20231,393
FY20241,661
FY20251,728
FY2026*1,459
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
890
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 LLC2,022
  2. Facebook, Inc.1,564
  3. Bloomberg, LP239
  4. Two Sigma Investments, LP172
  5. DoorDash, Inc.146
  6. Mongodb, Inc.113
  7. MPG Operations LLC107
  8. Jane Street Group, LLC90
  9. Mphasis Corporation83
  10. Stripe, Inc.83
  11. Microsoft Corporation79
  12. Citadel Enterprise Americas Services LLC76
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 $172,000; middle half $138,020 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $123,656 (marker) · 7,578 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I692
  2. Level II3,558
  3. Level III1,582
  4. Level IV1,622
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 New York City is 30.0% 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 New York City
4.8%
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 New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.7% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Software Engineer in New York City
1
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Associate7,483
  2. Vice President3,993
  3. Analyst3,261
  4. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  5. Software Developer1,600
  6. Data Scientist1,392
  7. Senior Associate1,297
  8. Manager1,055
  9. Software Development Engineer II967
  10. Quantitative Researcher962
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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