Software engineers design, build, and maintain software applications and systems — by far the largest occupation in H-1B visa sponsorship. Based on 3,353,978 H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Software Engineer is $101,096 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $65,042 |
| 25th | $80,871 |
| 50th (median) | $101,096 |
| 75th | $130,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $160,000 |
Of 3,353,978 filings, 2,861,433 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 492,545 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 15% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google LLC | 92,266 | $150,652 |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | 87,439 | $142,504 |
| 3 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 61,206 | $142,142 |
| 4 | TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 49,954 | $77,004 |
| 5 | Deloitte LLP | 44,337 | $106,476 |
| 6 | CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC | 40,177 | $95,408 |
| 7 | IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED | 34,535 | $72,863 |
| 8 | APPLE INC. | 23,483 | $165,621 |
| 9 | WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. | 21,067 | $132,645 |
| 10 | WIPRO LIMITED | 19,616 | $73,810 |
| 11 | INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 19,404 | $71,737 |
| 12 | Accenture LLP | 19,305 | $83,946 |
| 13 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 19,003 | $136,868 |
| 14 | TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC | 18,957 | $80,825 |
| 15 | HCL America, Inc. | 18,819 | $81,468 |
| 16 | Facebook, Inc. | 18,730 | $155,790 |
| 17 | COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | 17,651 | $85,148 |
| 18 | Amazon Web Services Inc | 17,322 | $143,651 |
| 19 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 15,721 | $200,318 |
| 20 | IBM CORPORATION | 15,185 | $105,430 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 708,050 | $133,660 |
| Texas | 419,365 | $100,987 |
| New Jersey | 235,875 | $97,458 |
| Washington | 230,835 | $135,892 |
| New York | 174,844 | $116,914 |
| Illinois | 157,584 | $92,801 |
| Georgia | 131,302 | $96,479 |
| North Carolina | 112,445 | $102,615 |
| Virginia | 111,948 | $99,381 |
| Massachusetts | 106,626 | $106,208 |
| Pennsylvania | 100,425 | $92,406 |
| Florida | 99,570 | $91,289 |
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Salaries are the offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.