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Software Developers in St. Louis, MO-IL

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 41180

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Applications FY2020–FY2026
15,781
Median offered wage
$103,896
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$103,896certified 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 St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in St. Louis, MO-IL: applications by fiscal year

1,6013,202FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,6013,202FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20203,202
FY20212,453
FY20222,750
FY20232,201
FY20241,863
FY20252,049
FY2026*1,263
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,026237
FY20251,762287
FY20241,684179
FY20232,002199
FY20222,536214
FY20212,247206
FY20203,014188
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. Mastercard International Incorporated1,792
  2. Charter Communications, Inc.953
  3. Mastercard Technologies, LLC753
  4. Perficient, Inc.462
  5. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.435
  6. Vintech Solutions Inc376
  7. Lead IT Corporation369
  8. Equifax Inc.331
  9. High Quartile, LLC275
  10. Deloitte Consulting LLP252
  11. Centene Management Company, LLC249
  12. Enterprise Holdings, Inc.249
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 $103,896; middle half $90,000 to $122,970 · median prevailing wage $90,397 (marker) · 6,328 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I591
  2. Level II3,474
  3. Level III1,368
  4. Level IV901
Job titles
  1. Software Developer2,330
  2. Software Engineer1,277
  3. Senior Software Engineer828
  4. Lead Software Engineer344
  5. Java Developer307
  6. Senior Software Developer273
  7. SR. Software Engineer251
  8. Devops Engineer151
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; St. Louis, MO-IL accounts for 1.01% of them, and its median offered wage is 20.3% 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 St. Louis, MO-IL
1.01%
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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