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Software Developers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 35620

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Applications FY2020–FY2026
142,719
Median offered wage
$142,396
Certified (last three years)
99.1%
Median wage$142,396certified 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: applications by fiscal year

13k26kFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
13k26kFY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202023,452
FY202122,565
FY202226,044
FY202320,646
FY202418,550
FY202518,466
FY2026*12,996
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*10,1372,859
FY202514,8353,631
FY202415,3063,244
FY202316,1154,531
FY202221,0285,016
FY202117,2045,361
FY202019,3564,096
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. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.6,640
  2. Bloomberg, LP6,487
  3. Google LLC5,486
  4. Deloitte Consulting LLP3,671
  5. Facebook, Inc.3,599
  6. Compunnel Software Group, Inc3,432
  7. Tata Consultancy Services Limited3,146
  8. Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.3,096
  9. Barclays Services Corp.3,042
  10. IBM Corporation3,013
  11. Amazon.com Services LLC2,762
  12. Capgemini America Inc2,695
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 $142,396; middle half $115,918 to $175,100 · median prevailing wage $123,656 (marker) · 55,312 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9,415
  2. Level II22,540
  3. Level III11,286
  4. Level IV9,234
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer16,123
  2. Software Developer13,367
  3. Senior Software Engineer4,456
  4. Vice President2,196
  5. Software Development Engineer II1,701
  6. Associate1,628
  7. Java Developer1,194
  8. Software Development Engineer I944
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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ accounts for 9.10% of them, and its median offered wage is 9.3% above 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 York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
9.10%
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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