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Software Developers in Champaign-Urbana, IL

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 16580

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Applications FY2020–FY2026
557
Median offered wage
$105,997
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Median wage$105,997certified 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 Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Champaign-Urbana, IL: applications by fiscal year

65129FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
65129FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202078
FY2021129
FY2022107
FY202373
FY202458
FY202555
FY2026*57
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*570
FY2025514
FY2024526
FY2023721
FY2022989
FY202110821
FY20206612
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. Amdocs Inc.353
  2. Yahoo! Inc.191
  3. Wolfram Research, Inc.176
  4. Oath Holdings Inc.157
  5. Intel Americas34
  6. Yahoo Holdings Inc.32
  7. University of Illinois22
  8. Amdocs Champaign Inc.21
  9. NVIDIA Corporation20
  10. Amdocs Champaign Inc.20
  11. Intel America's Inc.19
  12. Multicoreware Inc18
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 $105,997; middle half $88,230 to $136,125 · median prevailing wage $91,478 (marker) · 227 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I48
  2. Level II77
  3. Level III42
  4. Level IV59
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer70
  2. Software Developer42
  3. Software Dev Engineer II28
  4. Software Dev Engineer I20
  5. Software Development Engineer I14
  6. Assoc Software Dev Engineer12
  7. Wolfram Technology Engineer11
  8. Software Development Specialist10
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; Champaign-Urbana, IL accounts for 0.04% of them, and its median offered wage is 18.6% 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 Champaign-Urbana, IL
0.04%
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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