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Software Engineer in Waltham, MA

Job title · Waltham, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Waltham, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
108
Median offered wage
$115,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$115,000certified 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 Waltham.

Applications by fiscal year

1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202237
FY202317
FY202418
FY202520
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
99.1%
Employers filing
46
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. Netapp, Inc.19
  2. Cimpress USA Incorporated15
  3. Mckinsey & Company, Inc.9
  4. Arm, Inc.5
  5. Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.4
  6. Facebook, Inc.4
  7. ServiceNow, Inc.3
  8. Uptycs, Inc.3
  9. Constant Contact, Inc.2
  10. Dassault Systemes Solidworks Corporation2
  11. Siemens Industry Software Inc.2
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 $115,000; middle half $100,000 to $134,934 · median prevailing wage $107,557 (marker) · 107 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I25
  2. Level II48
  3. Level III9
  4. Level IV19
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 Waltham is 13.1% 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 Waltham
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 Waltham job market

Waltham has 4,552 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,296 job titles and 694 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 2.4% of them.

Applications in Waltham, all job titles
4,552
Job titles filed
2,296
Rank of Software Engineer in Waltham
1
Median offered wage in Waltham, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Waltham
  1. Senior Software Engineer77
  2. Postdoctoral Associate64
  3. Assistant Professor58
  4. Software Developer45
  5. Product Software Engineer III44
  6. Member Technical Staff, Software Engineer44
  7. Software Development Engineer33
  8. Senior Scientist33
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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