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Software Engineer in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
5,057
Median offered wage
$165,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$165,000certified 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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

7231,446FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
7231,446FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,446
FY2023946
FY2024943
FY20251,009
FY2026*713
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
380
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 LLC1,454
  2. Facebook, Inc.1,103
  3. DoorDash, Inc.376
  4. Stripe, Inc.208
  5. Uber Technologies, Inc.158
  6. Qualtrics, LLC119
  7. Dropbox, Inc.107
  8. Indeed, Inc.100
  9. Lyft, Inc.78
  10. DocuSign Inc.77
  11. NVIDIA Corporation59
  12. Airbnb, Inc.57
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 $165,000; middle half $140,000 to $187,800 · median prevailing wage $140,920 (marker) · 4,997 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I437
  2. Level II2,064
  3. Level III1,198
  4. Level IV1,063
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 Seattle is 24.7% 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 Seattle
3.2%
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 Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 7.2% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Software Engineer in Seattle
1
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  2. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  3. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  4. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  5. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  6. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  7. Software Development Engineer1,174
  8. Senior Software Engineer910
  9. Applied Scientist II892
  10. Business Intelligence Engineer II817
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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