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Software Developers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 19820

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Applications FY2020–FY2026
33,072
Median offered wage
$106,588
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$106,588certified 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI: applications by fiscal year

2,9785,955FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2,9785,955FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20205,590
FY20215,607
FY20225,955
FY20234,779
FY20244,326
FY20253,988
FY2026*2,827
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,251576
FY20253,264724
FY20243,696630
FY20233,947832
FY20224,968987
FY20214,5241,083
FY20204,790800
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. Ford Motor Company2,168
  2. HCL Global Systems Inc1,738
  3. General Motors Company1,720
  4. Systems Technology Group, Inc.1,703
  5. Epitec, Inc.1,136
  6. Robert Bosch LLC990
  7. Miracle Software Sysytems Inc915
  8. Miracle Software Systems, Inc.882
  9. HTC Global Services Inc.766
  10. Technosoft Corporation759
  11. Altimetrik Corp693
  12. Danlaw, Inc.688
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 $106,588; middle half $91,085 to $129,690 · median prevailing wage $97,032 (marker) · 12,834 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,498
  2. Level II6,289
  3. Level III2,591
  4. Level IV2,590
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer4,119
  2. Software Developer3,992
  3. Senior Software Engineer1,270
  4. Software Developer, Applications638
  5. Java Developer326
  6. Senior Software Developer306
  7. SR. Software Engineer291
  8. Embedded Software Engineer281
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; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI accounts for 2.11% of them, and its median offered wage is 18.2% 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.11%
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
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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