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Software Engineering in Redmond, WA

Job title · Redmond, Washington

Job title as filed
Software Engineering
City
Redmond, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
8,895
Median offered wage
$170,774
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$170,774certified 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 Redmond.

Applications by fiscal year

1,9803,959FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,9803,959FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20242,614
FY20253,959
FY2026*2,322
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 Corporation8,895
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 $170,774; middle half $155,132 to $190,453 · median prevailing wage $149,240 (marker) · 8,894 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I781
  2. Level II3,850
  3. Level III3,211
  4. Level IV1,045
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 Redmond is 0.9% above 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 Redmond
68.5%
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 Redmond job market

Redmond has 36,454 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,776 job titles and 1,497 employers; "Software Engineering" ranks #2 by applications, with 24.4% of them.

Applications in Redmond, all job titles
36,454
Job titles filed
2,776
Rank of Software Engineering in Redmond
2
Median offered wage in Redmond, all job titles
$158,220
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Redmond
  1. Software Engineer9,634
  2. Computer Systems Analyst853
  3. Product Management774
  4. Product Manager633
  5. Applied Sciences570
  6. Data Science569
  7. Technical Program Management518
  8. Technical Program Manager372
  9. Data and Applied Scientist313
  10. Senior Software Engineer267
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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