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Software Developers

Occupation · SOC 2018 15-1252 · United States

SOC 2018 code
15-1252
Share of U.S. applications
25.68%
Applications on record
3,113,349
FY2025
215,602
Median offered wage
$134,514
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$134,514certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Software Developers

143k287kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
143k287kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200810,070
FY200917,144
FY201063,153
FY201176,077
FY201286,350
FY201389,468
FY2014122,543
FY2015152,466
FY2016194,698
FY2017180,832
FY2018264,842
FY2019286,695
FY2020255,472
FY2021239,994
FY2022275,710
FY2023224,326
FY2024204,657
FY2025215,602
FY2026*153,250
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0128,41224,838
FY20252182,55433,046
FY20240178,64426,013
FY20230185,16039,166
FY20220237,28338,427
FY20210199,63140,363
FY20200221,01134,461
FY20190248,57638,119
FY20181221,96242,879
FY20171143,32137,510
FY20163143,36151,334
FY20152118,24134,223
FY2014494,81227,727
FY2013273,32116,145
FY2012064,58821,762
FY2011254,12321,952
FY2010047,73515,418
FY2009010,0357,109
FY20080010,070
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Microsoft Corporation101,535
  2. Google LLC71,111
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC48,958
  4. Deloitte Consulting LLP47,484
  5. Facebook, Inc.35,410
  6. Capgemini America Inc26,011
  7. Google Inc.25,532
  8. Apple Inc.25,058
  9. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.22,660
  10. Wal-mart Associates, Inc.21,998
  11. Amazon Web Services, Inc.17,329
  12. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp16,850
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Software Developers: applications by worksite state

2+1,062+8,753+21k+90k+
2+1,062+8,753+21k+90k+
Data table
StateApplications
CA721,086
TX391,828
WA249,998
NJ191,993
NY167,968
IL139,344
GA117,640
NC104,332
MA103,004
VA102,876
FL90,341
PA89,857
MI85,274
OH67,450
AZ47,569
MD42,709
MO41,833
MN39,695
CO30,815
CT27,226
TN26,386
WI23,569
OR21,307
AR19,968
IN18,838
DE15,673
UT14,496
IA12,439
DC12,113
NE11,819
KS11,337
SC10,542
KY10,419
NH8,753
RI8,378
NV5,358
OK5,356
AL5,312
LA4,302
NM2,221
ME2,020
ID1,876
MS1,404
VT1,333
ND1,062
WV826
HI819
SD631
PR463
MT375
WY270
AK127
VI10
MP4
GU2
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA345,367
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ314,720
  3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA246,685
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX240,183
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA227,383
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN121,511
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA115,256
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV112,831
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH92,699
  10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA79,083
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $134,514; middle half $109,000 to $166,495 · median prevailing wage $122,992 (marker) · 479,788 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I65,476
  2. Level II203,097
  3. Level III90,909
  4. Level IV73,697
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer415,243
  2. Software Developer277,841
  3. Senior Software Engineer103,654
  4. Programmer Analyst33,136
  5. Senior Software Developer32,496
  6. Software Development Engineer II29,422
  7. Java Developer28,614
  8. Software Development Engineer22,282
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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