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Staff Software Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
251
Median offered wage
$156,410
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$156,410certified 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 "Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202251
FY202335
FY202444
FY202563
FY2026*58
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
75
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. Paypal, Inc.20
  2. Indeed, Inc.17
  3. Visa Technology & Operations LLC13
  4. TriNet USA, Inc.13
  5. Arm, Inc.11
  6. Home Depot Management Company LLC11
  7. Visa U.S.A. Inc.10
  8. Q2 Software, Inc.9
  9. General Motors Company8
  10. Cybersource Corporation7
  11. H-e-b, LP7
  12. PayPal Data Services, Inc.6
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 $156,410; middle half $140,000 to $180,000 · median prevailing wage $139,464 (marker) · 249 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III38
  4. Level IV188
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 "Staff Software Engineer" appears on 8,042 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,030 employers for worksites in 547 cities; the median offered wage is $181,272, so the median in Austin is 13.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
8,042
Employers nationwide
1,030
Cities with filings
547
National median offered wage
$181,272
Share of national filings in Austin
3.1%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Software Engineer
  1. Sunnyvale, CA1,115
  2. San Francisco, CA723
  3. San Diego, CA426
  4. Mountain View, CA419
  5. Santa Clara, CA354
  6. Bentonville, AR348
  7. San Jose, CA317
  8. Seattle, WA259
  9. Austin, TX251
  10. New York City, NY220
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #22 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Austin
22
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  6. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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