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Software Developers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 12420

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Applications FY2020–FY2026
48,372
Median offered wage
$129,196
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median wage$129,196certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Software Developers with a worksite in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX: applications by fiscal year

4,2578,514FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4,2578,514FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20205,097
FY20215,970
FY20228,348
FY20237,330
FY20247,382
FY20258,514
FY2026*5,731
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*5,125606
FY20257,1481,366
FY20246,599783
FY20236,366964
FY20227,575773
FY20215,347623
FY20204,553544
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Amazon.com Services LLC2,929
  2. Apple Inc.1,921
  3. Visa Technology & Operations LLC1,588
  4. Dell USA LP1,259
  5. Dell Products L.P.1,245
  6. Oracle America, Inc.1,241
  7. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,091
  8. IBM Corporation889
  9. Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.858
  10. Amazon Web Services, Inc.814
  11. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.793
  12. Google LLC787
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, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $129,196; middle half $108,826 to $155,709 · median prevailing wage $112,362 (marker) · 24,754 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,903
  2. Level II11,091
  3. Level III4,982
  4. Level IV5,349
Job titles
  1. Software Developer4,759
  2. Software Engineer4,311
  3. Senior Software Engineer1,477
  4. Software Development Engineer II1,064
  5. Software Development Engineer I760
  6. Software Development Engineer671
  7. Java Developer502
  8. Software Development Engineer - Applications455
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Software Developers appears on 1,569,009 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 47,363 employers in 727 metropolitan areas; Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX accounts for 3.08% of them, and its median offered wage is 0.8% below the national median of $130,295.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,569,009
Metropolitan areas with filings
727
Employers nationwide
47,363
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$130,295
Share in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
3.08%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Software Developers
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA170,820
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX157,007
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ142,719
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA141,062
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA104,870
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62,456
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54,962
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV53,916
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX48,372
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH42,120
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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