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Software Developers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 42660

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
141,062
Median offered wage
$163,862
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Median wage$163,862certified 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA: applications by fiscal year

12k24kFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
12k24kFY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202021,704
FY202120,113
FY202223,938
FY202320,214
FY202418,478
FY202520,732
FY2026*15,883
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*13,9321,951
FY202517,3823,350
FY202415,6302,848
FY202314,0606,154
FY202218,0615,877
FY202113,0997,014
FY202017,1454,559
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. Microsoft Corporation87,190
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC26,239
  3. Amazon Corporate LLC11,147
  4. Google LLC8,847
  5. Amazon.com Services, Inc.8,843
  6. Facebook, Inc.7,604
  7. Amazon Web Services, Inc.5,619
  8. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.5,572
  9. Expedia, Inc.3,146
  10. Nordstrom, Inc.1,654
  11. Apple Inc.1,578
  12. Google Inc.1,476
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 $163,862; middle half $138,610 to $186,100 · median prevailing wage $137,259 (marker) · 60,501 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9,729
  2. Level II24,750
  3. Level III14,199
  4. Level IV8,351
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer32,589
  2. Software Development Engineer II9,303
  3. Software Engineering9,230
  4. Software Development Engineer I6,021
  5. Software Dev Engineer II3,137
  6. Senior Software Engineer3,040
  7. Software Development Engineer III2,627
  8. Software Dev Engineer I2,299
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; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA accounts for 8.99% of them, and its median offered wage is 25.8% 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
8.99%
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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