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SW Engineer salaries

5,298 H-1B & PERM records for "SW Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Source: US Dept of Labor. Represents Base Salary only. Excludes RSUs, signing bonuses, and variable compensation.

5298

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$116051

Average Salary

$48000

Minimum

$376031

Maximum

Active filters: Job: SW Engineer
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Lead SW Engineer Austin, TX $160600 - $257700 H-1B Mar 6, 2025
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Sr. Staff SW Engineer Austin, TX $160600 - $257000 H-1B Oct 18, 2024
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Lead SW Engineer Austin, TX $160600 - $257000 H-1B Apr 30, 2025
Vecna Robotics, LLC Robotics SW Engineer [00056484] Waltham, MA $160500 - $201653 H-1B Aug 24, 2023
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $160026 - $209200 H-1B Jan 6, 2023
FCA US LLC Sr. Staff MCU BSW Engineer - Functional Safety (F… Auburn Hills, MI $160020 H-1B Sep 19, 2025
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Sr. Staff SW Engineer Austin, TX $160000 - $257000 H-1B Jan 15, 2025
Motional AD Inc. Engineer (Cloud Backend SW Engineer) Boston, MA $160000 H-1B Mar 7, 2022
Federal National Mortgage Association Enterprise Risk Technology - SW Engineering - Sr.… Reston, VA $160000 - $166000 H-1B Sep 13, 2022
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Staff Data Engineer (fmr title: Staff SW Engineer) Foster City, CA $160000 - $180000 Green Card Oct 5, 2020
VISA USA Design Engineering Lead (Staff SW Engineer) Austin, TX $160000 - $180000 Green Card May 8, 2020
CyberSource Corporation Chief SW Engineer Foster City, CA $160000 - $256000 H-1B Apr 28, 2020
NVIDIA CORPORATION Sr. Sys SW Engineer Santa Clara, CA $160000 Green Card Sep 12, 2019
AUTOMILE INC. SENIOR MOBILE SW ENGINEER PALO ALTO, CA $160000 Green Card Apr 2, 2019
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Lead SW Engineer Austin, TX $160000 - $180000 Green Card Dec 9, 2019
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Palo Alto, CA $159374 - $184600 H-1B Feb 4, 2020
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $159210 - $184600 H-1B Mar 19, 2020
INOVANT, LLC LEAD SW ENGINEER PALO ALTO, CA $159099 - $200850 H-1B May 15, 2017
Visa Technology & Operations LLC SW Engineer IV Foster City, CA $159082 - $236300 H-1B Nov 1, 2023
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $159082 - $211600 H-1B Apr 8, 2024
CyberSource Corporation Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $159082 - $211600 H-1B Apr 4, 2024
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Senior Software Engineer (Staff SW Engineer) Foster City, CA $158961 - $178961 Green Card Mar 6, 2019
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158647 - $211600 H-1B Mar 11, 2024
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158647 - $211600 H-1B Mar 22, 2024
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158647 - $211600 H-1B Feb 20, 2024
CyberSource Corporation Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158647 - $211600 H-1B Mar 11, 2024
Auris Health, Inc. Senior Robotics and Controls SW Engineer Santa Clara, CA $158621 - $225000 H-1B May 14, 2026
NCR Corporation SW Engineer IV Atlanta, GA $158600 H-1B Sep 18, 2023
FCA US LLC Infotainment BSW Engineer Auburn Hills, MI $158364 H-1B Jul 3, 2025
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. SW ENGINEER STAFF II MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA $158184 - $178184 H-1B Aug 1, 2017
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Staff SW Engineer Palo Alto, CA $158100 - $178100 Green Card Jun 28, 2021
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Sr. SW Engineer $158080 - $172600 Green Card Nov 7, 2023
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer $158080 - $209200 Green Card Dec 21, 2023
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $209200 Green Card May 31, 2023
CYBERSOURCE CORPORATION Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $209200 Green Card May 1, 2023
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $209200 Green Card Apr 26, 2023
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $209200 H-1B Jan 9, 2023
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $209200 H-1B Feb 27, 2023
Visa U.S.A. Inc. Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $194400 H-1B Aug 30, 2022
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $158080 - $194400 H-1B Aug 30, 2022
VISA USA Staff SW Engineer Foster City, CA $157997 - $177997 Green Card Sep 10, 2021
CYBERSOURCE CORPORATION Sr. SW Engineer FOSTER CITY, CA $157706 - $177706 Green Card May 31, 2019
VISA U.S.A. INC. LEAD SW ENGINEER Foster City, CA $157706 - $214100 H-1B Jun 28, 2019
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS LLC LEAD SW ENGINEER Foster City, CA $157706 - $214100 H-1B Jan 17, 2019
VISA TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS LLC LEAD SW ENGINEER FOSTER CITY, CA $157706 - $214100 H-1B Mar 11, 2019
VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS LLC STAFF SW ENGINEER Foster City, CA $157706 - $182100 H-1B Apr 19, 2019
VISA TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS LLC STAFF SW ENGINEER Foster City, CA $157706 - $182100 H-1B Apr 8, 2019
Roku, Inc. Sr. SW Engineer, Partner Apps San Jose, CA $157477 - $658750 H-1B Dec 22, 2021
Visa Technology & Operations LLC Staff SW Engineer Palo Alto, CA $157235 - $188300 H-1B May 7, 2021
NCR Corporation Staff SW Engineer Redwood City, CA $157235 - $212520 H-1B Aug 12, 2021
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This data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's public disclosure files for H-1B (temporary work visa) and green card (PERM labor certification) applications.

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