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Software Developers, Non R&D: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 15-1295. 1,512 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $110,210, middle half $91,529–$128,576.

Applications (LCAs)1,512

Median offered salary$110,210

Middle half of salaries$91,529–$128,576

10th–90th percentile$79,437–$150,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	216	$82,940
Level II (qualified)	392	$98,418
Level III (experienced)	278	$115,526
Level IV (fully competent)	489	$127,296

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Henry Ford Health System	95	$112,358
University of Michigan	55	$93,120
University of California, Los Angeles	51	$150,696
OCLC, Inc.	47	$118,968
Stanford Health Care	38	$145,995
Providence Health & Services	37	$107,578
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	34	$86,320
Mount Sinai Hospital	33	$135,000
Group Health Plan, Inc.	33	$103,501
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	30	$88,800
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	27	$84,906
Group Health, Inc.	27	$113,651
WGU Corporation	25	$134,050
Educational Testing Service	24	$136,947
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	24	$93,600
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside	22	$141,402
Corewell Health	21	$93,850
Texas A&M University	19	$87,501
Presbyterian Healthcare Services	19	$101,171
University of California, Berkeley	18	$144,480
University of Utah	18	$103,034
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	16	$135,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	16	$88,442
The University of Virginia	15	$110,960
University of Colorado	14	$105,878
Seattle Children's Hospital	14	$126,402
New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled	13	$163,815
The University of Chicago	12	$114,784
City of Hope National Medical Center	12	$157,579
National Marrow Donor Program	12	$135,443
The University of Southern California	12	$124,467
CHRISTUS Health	11	$112,008
The University of Iowa	11	$101,938
The University of Kansas	11	$88,935
NYU Langone Health System	10	$151,686
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	10	$103,833
Geisinger Health Plan	10	$107,640
Northern Illinois University	10	$96,542
DePaul University	9	$89,336
Michigan State University	9	$118,939
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	9	$115,500
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	9	$104,021
CAS, a Division of The American Chemical Society	9	$115,000
Colorado State University	8	$95,000
The Jackson Laboratory	8	$100,100
The Broad Institute, Inc.	8	$147,000
Cleveland Clinic	8	$94,977
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	8	$87,919
Northeastern University	8	$125,413
City University of New York	7	$109,242

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	488	$108,150
FY2024	364	$107,744
FY2025	406	$115,000
FY2026	254	$113,582

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).