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Software Engineering in Atlanta, GA

Job title · Atlanta, Georgia

Job title as filed
Software Engineering
City
Atlanta, Georgia
Applications FY2022–FY2026
489
Median offered wage
$135,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,000certified 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 Engineering" and a worksite in Atlanta.

Applications by fiscal year

107214FY2024FY2025FY2026*
107214FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2024214
FY2025191
FY2026*84
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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 Corporation489
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 $135,000; middle half $122,824 to $149,940 · median prevailing wage $105,227 (marker) · 489 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I96
  2. Level II262
  3. Level III117
  4. Level IV14
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 Engineering" appears on 12,980 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 49 employers for worksites in 475 cities; the median offered wage is $169,280, so the median in Atlanta is 20.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
12,980
Employers nationwide
49
Cities with filings
475
National median offered wage
$169,280
Share of national filings in Atlanta
3.8%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineering
  1. Redmond, WA8,895
  2. Mountain View, CA913
  3. Atlanta, GA489
  4. New York City, NY179
  5. Austin, TX152
  6. Charlotte, NC99
  7. Irving, TX98
  8. San Jose, CA93
  9. San Francisco, CA80
  10. Bellevue, WA77
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Atlanta job market

Atlanta has 43,840 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,868 job titles and 4,452 employers; "Software Engineering" ranks #7 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Atlanta, all job titles
43,840
Job titles filed
10,868
Rank of Software Engineering in Atlanta
7
Median offered wage in Atlanta, all job titles
$109,283
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Atlanta
  1. Software Engineer1,952
  2. Software Developer1,697
  3. Assistant Professor684
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow555
  5. Senior Software Engineer542
  6. Architect530
  7. Analyst385
  8. Manager363
  9. Associate338
  10. Application Developer305
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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