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Software Developers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 45300

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
Applications FY2020–FY2026
16,728
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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL: applications by fiscal year

1,4742,948FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,4742,948FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20202,681
FY20212,380
FY20222,948
FY20232,492
FY20242,255
FY20252,373
FY2026*1,599
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,328271
FY20252,079294
FY20241,972283
FY20232,141351
FY20222,608340
FY20212,005375
FY20202,276405
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. Kforce Inc.2,508
  2. Citibank, N.A.1,188
  3. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.1,112
  4. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited846
  5. System Soft Technologies LLC812
  6. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.594
  7. The Nielsen Company (US), LLC468
  8. Deloitte Consulting LLP420
  9. Iris Software, Inc.361
  10. Amgen Inc.348
  11. Verizon Data Services LLC348
  12. Capgemini America Inc344
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 $91,396 to $139,176 · median prevailing wage $100,797 (marker) · 7,371 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I700
  2. Level II3,375
  3. Level III1,468
  4. Level IV1,699
Job titles
  1. Software Developer2,282
  2. Software Engineer1,167
  3. Senior Software Engineer340
  4. Java Developer300
  5. Senior Software Developer235
  6. Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst212
  7. Software Developer, Applications195
  8. Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst177
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; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL accounts for 1.07% 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
1.07%
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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