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Software Developers in Madison, WI

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 31540

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Madison, WI
Applications FY2020–FY2026
3,469
Median offered wage
$112,320
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median wage$112,320certified 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 Madison, WI metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Madison, WI: applications by fiscal year

337673FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
337673FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020673
FY2021645
FY2022575
FY2023444
FY2024412
FY2025401
FY2026*319
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*26851
FY202532972
FY202437933
FY202338163
FY202251956
FY202160342
FY202062548
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. Epic Systems Corporation1,239
  2. American Family Mutual Insurance Company777
  3. Symphony Corporation281
  4. Isr Info Way, Inc.265
  5. Vennsys LLC153
  6. Genome International Corporation136
  7. Google LLC110
  8. Technoviz LLC104
  9. HTC Global Services Inc.97
  10. Atos Syntel Inc93
  11. Capgemini America Inc93
  12. Deloitte Consulting LLP86
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 $112,320; middle half $95,000 to $130,900 · median prevailing wage $94,328 (marker) · 1,317 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I126
  2. Level II702
  3. Level III303
  4. Level IV213
Job titles
  1. Software Developer510
  2. Software Engineer322
  3. Java Developer70
  4. Application Development Engineering Specialist70
  5. Senior Software Engineer57
  6. Application Development Senior Engineer51
  7. Senior Engineer51
  8. Senior Software Developer42
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; Madison, WI accounts for 0.22% of them, and its median offered wage is 13.8% 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 Madison, WI
0.22%
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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