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Software Engineer in Sterling, VA

Job title · Sterling, Virginia

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Sterling, Virginia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
196
Median offered wage
$101,338
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$101,338certified 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 Sterling.

Applications by fiscal year

3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202263
FY202350
FY202433
FY202531
FY2026*19
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
69
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. Nest Technologies Corporation32
  2. Nexus IT Inc31
  3. Seer Solutions Inc8
  4. Nivid Infotech Inc.7
  5. Rei Systems Inc.6
  6. Frontier IT Solutions Inc6
  7. Isolvers, Inc6
  8. Elite IT Solutions Inc5
  9. Pycube Inc5
  10. Wynbit Inc5
  11. Byteforza, Inc.4
  12. TekSyntax 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 $101,338; middle half $97,762 to $114,026 · median prevailing wage $98,550 (marker) · 190 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I42
  2. Level II140
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV1
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 Sterling is 23.4% 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 Sterling
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 Sterling job market

Sterling has 2,566 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 771 job titles and 500 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 7.6% of them.

Applications in Sterling, all job titles
2,566
Job titles filed
771
Rank of Software Engineer in Sterling
2
Median offered wage in Sterling, all job titles
$103,938
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sterling
  1. Software Developer403
  2. Data Engineer52
  3. Software Engineer 444
  4. Software Engineer 338
  5. Software Programmer37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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