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Software Engineer in Redmond, WA

Job title · Redmond, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Redmond, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
9,634
Median offered wage
$156,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$156,000certified 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 Redmond.

Applications by fiscal year

1,9203,840FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,9203,840FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20223,840
FY20233,649
FY20241,857
FY2025168
FY2026*120
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
179
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. Microsoft Corporation8,812
  2. Facebook, Inc.169
  3. NVIDIA Corporation116
  4. Quadrant Resource LLC112
  5. Mindtree Limited68
  6. Google LLC29
  7. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.16
  8. Myappshub LLC16
  9. Lasai Technologies LLC12
  10. Lenora Systems Inc9
  11. DocuSign Inc.9
  12. Retrocausal, Inc.7
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 $156,000; middle half $140,000 to $175,320 · median prevailing wage $128,502 (marker) · 9,624 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,247
  2. Level II4,762
  3. Level III2,801
  4. Level IV801
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 Redmond is 17.9% 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 Redmond
6.1%
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 Redmond job market

Redmond has 36,454 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,776 job titles and 1,497 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 26.4% of them.

Applications in Redmond, all job titles
36,454
Job titles filed
2,776
Rank of Software Engineer in Redmond
1
Median offered wage in Redmond, all job titles
$158,220
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Redmond
  1. Software Engineering8,895
  2. Computer Systems Analyst853
  3. Product Management774
  4. Product Manager633
  5. Applied Sciences570
  6. Data Science569
  7. Technical Program Management518
  8. Technical Program Manager372
  9. Data and Applied Scientist313
  10. Senior Software Engineer267
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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