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

Standard Occupational Classification 15-1296. 494 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $102,192, middle half $83,500–$121,403.

Applications (LCAs)494

Median offered salary$102,192

Middle half of salaries$83,500–$121,403

10th–90th percentile$70,006–$149,049

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	105	$73,800
Level II (qualified)	148	$95,000
Level III (experienced)	70	$110,646
Level IV (fully competent)	92	$119,564

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
University of Michigan	24	$96,784
Resolve AI, Inc.	22	$240,000
University of Illinois	19	$80,356
The University of Chicago	18	$121,236
Children's Hospital Corporation	13	$105,000
National Radio Astronomy Observatory	13	$98,592
Ithaka Harbors, Inc.	12	$121,372
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC	11	$102,950
The University of Southern California	10	$89,440
University of Utah	10	$81,512
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	10	$124,706
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	9	$96,612
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	9	$120,744
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	8	$117,459
Battelle Memorial Institute	8	$102,702
Vanderbilt University	8	$106,750
The Jackson Laboratory	7	$106,517
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	7	$87,078
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.	7	$75,844
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	7	$115,000
University of Wisconsin System	7	$73,730
Brookhaven National Laboratory	7	$136,000
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	6	$73,800
Carnegie Mellon University	6	$77,500
General Hospital Corporation	6	$84,552
University of California, San Diego	5	$100,284
Johns Hopkins University	5	$115,534
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	5	$115,000
University of Pittsburgh	5	$80,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	5	$92,488
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$74,381
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC	4	$125,970
California Institute of Technology	4	$130,699
Educational Testing Service	4	$144,806
University of Oklahoma	4	$74,381
Washington University	4	$79,200
JMR Info Tech LLC	4	$96,000
Children's National Medical Center	4	$84,155
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego	4	$138,923
University of Colorado	4	$101,000
University of Washington	4	$146,004
The University of Texas at Austin	4	$117,100
Lahey Clinic, Inc.	3	$97,240
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	3	$69,462
The University of Kansas	3	$85,031
Indiana University	3	$77,376
Clemson University	3	$88,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	3	$108,000
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	3	$108,705
University of Rochester	3	$62,941

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	138	$91,707
FY2024	122	$103,833
FY2025	121	$107,994
FY2026	113	$108,534

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).