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Software Developers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 37980

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Applications FY2020–FY2026
31,075
Median offered wage
$111,000
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median wage$111,000certified 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: applications by fiscal year

2,8905,779FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2,8905,779FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20205,779
FY20215,060
FY20225,194
FY20233,993
FY20243,817
FY20254,386
FY2026*2,846
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,267579
FY20253,740646
FY20243,532285
FY20233,548445
FY20224,677517
FY20214,493567
FY20205,282497
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.3,465
  2. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC3,404
  3. Deloitte Consulting LLP2,776
  4. Capgemini America Inc680
  5. The Vanguard Group652
  6. Susquehanna International Group, LLP624
  7. Randstad Technologies, LLC553
  8. Infocons Inc517
  9. Epam Systems, Inc478
  10. Compunnel Software Group, Inc470
  11. Sei Investments Company404
  12. Capital One Services II LLC399
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 $111,000; middle half $100,069 to $140,046 · median prevailing wage $105,206 (marker) · 12,851 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,807
  2. Level II5,885
  3. Level III1,919
  4. Level IV2,712
Job titles
  1. Software Developer4,672
  2. Software Engineer2,131
  3. Senior Software Engineer686
  4. Java Developer522
  5. Senior Software Developer496
  6. Associate, Software Engineer409
  7. Engineer 4, Software Development & Engineering325
  8. Senior Consultant290
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; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD accounts for 1.98% of them, and its median offered wage is 14.8% 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.98%
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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