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Software Developers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 35380

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
324
Median offered wage
$107,228
Certified (last three years)
98.5%
Median wage$107,228certified 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in New Orleans-Metairie, LA: applications by fiscal year

3264FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3264FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202061
FY202159
FY202264
FY202347
FY202421
FY202537
FY2026*35
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*296
FY2025316
FY2024174
FY2023443
FY2022631
FY2021572
FY2020601
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. Comtec Consultants, Inc.354
  2. DXC Technology Services LLC68
  3. DXC Technology Services LLC43
  4. Deloitte Consulting LLP34
  5. Lucid Holdings, LLC34
  6. Capgemini America Inc21
  7. Capgemini America Inc20
  8. Computer Sciences Corporation14
  9. HCL Global Systems Inc13
  10. Pan-american Life Insurance Company13
  11. Softsolv, Inc.11
  12. Bentley Systems, Incorporated10
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 $107,228; middle half $83,034 to $123,000 · median prevailing wage $95,493 (marker) · 117 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I27
  2. Level II66
  3. Level III14
  4. Level IV12
Job titles
  1. Software Developer48
  2. Software Engineer22
  3. Senior Software Engineer11
  4. Professional Software Engineer8
  5. Java Developer7
  6. Senior Engineer6
  7. Professional Product Developer5
  8. Advisor Application Development5
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; New Orleans-Metairie, LA accounts for 0.02% of them, and its median offered wage is 17.7% 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.02%
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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