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Software Developers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 26420

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Applications FY2020–FY2026
27,841
Median offered wage
$104,000
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$104,000certified 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX: applications by fiscal year

2,5145,028FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2,5145,028FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20204,049
FY20213,734
FY20225,028
FY20234,396
FY20244,049
FY20254,010
FY2026*2,575
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,117458
FY20253,478532
FY20243,724325
FY20233,969427
FY20224,575453
FY20213,303431
FY20203,745304
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. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,706
  2. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.932
  3. Capgemini America Inc765
  4. Schlumberger Technology Corporation666
  5. Kastech Solutions LLC665
  6. Camelot Integrated Solutions Inc554
  7. Saipsit, Inc.418
  8. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited394
  9. Infodat International Inc379
  10. Ez2 Technologies, Inc.349
  11. Flexera Global, Inc330
  12. IBM Corporation298
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 $104,000; middle half $93,000 to $127,837 · median prevailing wage $103,210 (marker) · 12,955 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,081
  2. Level II7,255
  3. Level III1,960
  4. Level IV1,566
Job titles
  1. Software Developer5,762
  2. Software Engineer2,598
  3. Senior Software Engineer402
  4. Senior Software Developer298
  5. Data Engineer257
  6. Applications Consultant 3251
  7. Devops Engineer230
  8. Java Developer227
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; Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX accounts for 1.77% of them, and its median offered wage is 20.2% 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
1.77%
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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