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Software Developers in Richmond, VA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 40060

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Richmond, VA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
8,588
Median offered wage
$108,000
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Median wage$108,000certified 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 Richmond, VA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Richmond, VA: applications by fiscal year

8181,636FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
8181,636FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20201,636
FY20211,430
FY20221,629
FY20231,084
FY20241,073
FY20251,089
FY2026*647
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*61235
FY20251,03653
FY20241,02746
FY20231,01866
FY20221,54683
FY20211,34189
FY20201,57759
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. Capital One Services, LLC2,209
  2. Capgemini America Inc558
  3. Anthem, Inc.521
  4. Deloitte Consulting LLP383
  5. Capgemini America Inc244
  6. UST Global Inc.199
  7. Data Concepts, LLC190
  8. Compunnel Software Group, Inc178
  9. Global Sumi Technologies, Inc.146
  10. Logicatech,inc120
  11. Collabera Inc.102
  12. Logexsoft, Inc.93
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 $108,000; middle half $102,939 to $130,915 · median prevailing wage $107,411 (marker) · 3,619 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I462
  2. Level II2,010
  3. Level III621
  4. Level IV469
Job titles
  1. Software Developer1,361
  2. Software Engineer737
  3. Senior Software Engineer286
  4. Java Developer220
  5. Applications Consultant 2176
  6. Applications Consultant 3169
  7. Lead Software Engineer161
  8. Devops Engineer157
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; Richmond, VA accounts for 0.55% of them, and its median offered wage is 17.1% 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 Richmond, VA
0.55%
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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