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Software Developers in Boulder, CO

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 14500

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Boulder, CO
Applications FY2020–FY2026
1,826
Median offered wage
$141,658
Certified (last three years)
99.0%
Median wage$141,658certified 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 Boulder, CO metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Boulder, CO: applications by fiscal year

168335FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
168335FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020314
FY2021293
FY2022335
FY2023301
FY2024210
FY2025203
FY2026*170
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*15020
FY202518122
FY202418723
FY202325150
FY202229540
FY202124845
FY202028232
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.453
  2. Google LLC230
  3. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.170
  4. Qualcomm Incorporated164
  5. Netapp, Inc.162
  6. Intel Corporation134
  7. Workday, Inc.103
  8. Amazon.com Services LLC98
  9. Seagate US LLC94
  10. Xilinx, Inc.70
  11. Google Inc.67
  12. Prokarma, Inc.58
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 $141,658; middle half $120,000 to $160,000 · median prevailing wage $131,997 (marker) · 751 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I87
  2. Level II309
  3. Level III112
  4. Level IV49
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer308
  2. Senior Software Engineer100
  3. Software Development Engineer II50
  4. Software Developer38
  5. Software Development Engineer I36
  6. Senior Cellular Technologies Software Engineer23
  7. Member Technical Staff, Software22
  8. Software Development Engineer22
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; Boulder, CO accounts for 0.12% of them, and its median offered wage is 8.7% 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 Boulder, CO
0.12%
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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