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Software Developers in College Station-Bryan, TX

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 17780

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
College Station-Bryan, TX
Applications FY2020–FY2026
1,664
Median offered wage
$91,520
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median wage$91,520certified 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 College Station-Bryan, TX metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in College Station-Bryan, TX: applications by fiscal year

415830FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
415830FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020830
FY202128
FY202234
FY202340
FY2024660
FY202533
FY2026*39
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*381
FY2025312
FY202435625
FY2023400
FY2022331
FY2021280
FY202019811

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp13,248
  2. Viasat, Inc.21
  3. Texas A&m University19
  4. Bryan Research & Engineering, Inc.18
  5. Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.15
  6. Arbin Corporation15
  7. Amazon.com Services LLC12
  8. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation7
  9. Hitachi Consulting Corporation7
  10. Quant Systems Inc5
  11. Microsoft Corporation5

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $91,520; middle half $80,000 to $127,720 · median prevailing wage $78,354 (marker) · 137 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I33
  2. Level II71
  3. Level III23
  4. Level IV16
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer47
  2. Software Developer37
  3. Senior Software Engineer9
  4. Software Development Engineer I8
  5. Software Development Engineer II6
  6. Application Developer4
  7. Software Applications Developer III4
  8. Software Applications Developer II4

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; College Station-Bryan, TX accounts for 0.11% of them, and its median offered wage is 29.8% 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 College Station-Bryan, TX
0.11%
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