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Software Developers in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 47900

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Applications FY2020–FY2026
53,916
Median offered wage
$123,000
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$123,000certified 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: applications by fiscal year

4,9679,933FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4,9679,933FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20209,933
FY20218,674
FY20229,643
FY20237,551
FY20246,833
FY20256,528
FY2026*4,754
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*3,4231,331
FY20255,4281,100
FY20245,973860
FY20236,3831,168
FY20228,3221,321
FY20217,1291,545
FY20208,9211,012
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, LLC2,123
  2. Amazon Web Services, Inc.1,554
  3. Government Employees Insurance Company1,440
  4. Amazon.com Services LLC1,431
  5. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,356
  6. Idexcel, Inc.1,347
  7. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.1,327
  8. Hexaware Technologies, Inc.1,322
  9. Microstrategy Incorporated1,038
  10. Hughes Network Systems LLC951
  11. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation880
  12. Rei Systems Inc.837
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 $123,000; middle half $110,240 to $148,221 · median prevailing wage $114,026 (marker) · 20,757 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4,774
  2. Level II10,055
  3. Level III3,075
  4. Level IV1,732
Job titles
  1. Software Developer7,975
  2. Software Engineer4,585
  3. Senior Software Engineer1,445
  4. Java Developer841
  5. Software Development Engineer II738
  6. Software Development Engineer I730
  7. Devops Engineer559
  8. Senior Software Developer505
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; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV accounts for 3.44% of them, and its median offered wage is 5.6% 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
3.44%
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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