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Software Engineer in Washington, DC

Job title · Washington, District of Columbia

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Washington, District of Columbia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
257
Median offered wage
$120,320
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$120,320certified 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 Washington.

Applications by fiscal year

2958FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2958FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202258
FY202355
FY202446
FY202552
FY2026*46
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
122
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 LLC31
  2. Facebook, Inc.21
  3. Natsoft Corporation9
  4. Palantir Technologies Inc.7
  5. Halvik Corp6
  6. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc.6
  7. Sstech LLC6
  8. Raas Infotek LLC6
  9. Istream Solutions, Inc.5
  10. IT Ridge Technologies LLC4
  11. GP Technologies LLC4
  12. System Soft Technologies LLC4
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 $120,320; middle half $99,210 to $150,569 · median prevailing wage $110,240 (marker) · 250 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I36
  2. Level II162
  3. Level III28
  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 Washington is 9.0% 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 Washington
0.2%
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 Washington job market

Washington has 13,260 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,796 job titles and 2,716 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in Washington, all job titles
13,260
Job titles filed
4,796
Rank of Software Engineer in Washington
3
Median offered wage in Washington, all job titles
$108,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Washington
  1. Software Developer519
  2. Associate363
  3. Secondary Teacher205
  4. Senior Associate199
  5. Elementary Teacher155
  6. Teacher151
  7. Assistant Professor149
  8. Manager133
  9. Economist100
  10. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects97
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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