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Software Developers in Kansas City, MO-KS

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 28140

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Applications FY2020–FY2026
8,072
Median offered wage
$103,750
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$103,750certified 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 Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Kansas City, MO-KS: applications by fiscal year

9051,809FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
9051,809FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20201,809
FY20211,573
FY20221,696
FY2023812
FY2024747
FY2025826
FY2026*609
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*51792
FY2025676150
FY202467869
FY202372290
FY20221,517179
FY20211,390183
FY20201,636173

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Cerner Corporation6,968
  2. Garmin International, Inc.937
  3. Sprint Corporation347
  4. HRB Professional Resources LLC337
  5. T-mobile USA, Inc.273
  6. Capgemini America Inc233
  7. Deloitte Consulting LLP206
  8. Object Technology Solutions Inc188
  9. Chelsoft Solutions Co.175
  10. GlobalLogic Inc.158
  11. Oracle America, Inc.145
  12. Prokarma, Inc.116

Pay

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

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

Median $103,750; middle half $88,000 to $125,957 · median prevailing wage $95,260 (marker) · 2,538 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I302
  2. Level II1,219
  3. Level III515
  4. Level IV422
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer1,291
  2. Software Developer935
  3. Senior Software Engineer516
  4. Associate Senior Software Engineer280
  5. Associate Lead Software Engineer150
  6. Lead Software Engineer127
  7. Software Engineer II103
  8. Software Engineer 293

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; Kansas City, MO-KS accounts for 0.51% of them, and its median offered wage is 20.4% 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 Kansas City, MO-KS
0.51%
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