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Software Developers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 33460

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Applications FY2020–FY2026
17,548
Median offered wage
$117,437
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median wage$117,437certified 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: applications by fiscal year

1,8063,611FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,8063,611FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20203,611
FY20213,122
FY20223,096
FY20232,389
FY20242,079
FY20252,013
FY2026*1,238
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,020218
FY20251,600413
FY20241,700379
FY20232,036353
FY20222,793303
FY20212,834288
FY20203,313298
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. Target Enterprise, Inc.2,008
  2. Optum Services, Inc.1,690
  3. U.S. Bank National Association1,410
  4. Best Buy Co., Inc.905
  5. Medtronic, Inc.642
  6. Deloitte Consulting LLP542
  7. Ameriprise Financial, Inc.488
  8. Capgemini America Inc307
  9. Oasys Technologies Inc285
  10. Veritas Technologies LLC284
  11. Randstad Technologies, LLC276
  12. Javen Technologies, Inc.261
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 $117,437; middle half $100,000 to $135,200 · median prevailing wage $106,579 (marker) · 6,229 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I652
  2. Level II2,598
  3. Level III1,297
  4. Level IV1,355
Job titles
  1. Software Developer1,930
  2. Software Engineer1,693
  3. Senior Software Engineer760
  4. Lead Engineer372
  5. Senior Engineer354
  6. Senior Software Developer307
  7. Java Developer210
  8. Software Engineer II201
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; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI accounts for 1.12% of them, and its median offered wage is 9.9% 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.12%
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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