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Software Developers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 14460

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Applications FY2020–FY2026
42,120
Median offered wage
$135,304
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$135,304certified 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: applications by fiscal year

4,0158,029FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4,0158,029FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20208,029
FY20217,257
FY20227,647
FY20235,599
FY20244,952
FY20255,087
FY2026*3,549
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,803746
FY20254,154933
FY20244,139813
FY20234,5881,011
FY20226,5721,075
FY20215,9981,259
FY20207,0231,006
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. The Mathworks, Inc.5,354
  2. Wayfair LLC2,014
  3. State Street Bank and Trust Company1,525
  4. Randstad Technologies, LLC1,361
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC1,319
  6. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,293
  7. Staples, Inc.1,217
  8. Akamai Technologies, Inc.1,172
  9. Google LLC1,039
  10. IBM Corporation922
  11. Microsoft Corporation919
  12. Randstad Technologies, LP912
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 $135,304; middle half $116,000 to $160,000 · median prevailing wage $122,970 (marker) · 15,399 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,172
  2. Level II6,391
  3. Level III3,329
  4. Level IV2,570
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer4,307
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,545
  3. Software Developer2,473
  4. Software Engineer II935
  5. Software Development Engineer II739
  6. Software Development Engineer I454
  7. Principal Software Engineer384
  8. Software Engineer III326
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; Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH accounts for 2.68% of them, and its median offered wage is 3.8% above 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
2.68%
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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