Software Engineer at Google
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Google pay a Software Engineer on an H-1B?
$172k Google has filed 27,526 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $172k. Most of those filings fall between $152k and $192k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
27,526
Median base salary
$172k
Middle 50%
$152k to $192k
Filings and pay by year
Software Engineer at Google, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 4,504 | $192k |
| FY2025 | 5,392 | $185k |
| FY2024 | 5,670 | $180k |
| FY2023 | 6,063 | $168k |
| FY2022 | 4,391 | $157k |
| FY2021 | 17 | $166k |
| FY2020 | 24 | $150k |
| FY2019 | 387 | $132k |
| FY2018 | 305 | $130k |
| FY2017 | 773 | $130k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 9,953 | $178k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 6,709 | $181k |
| New York, NY | 2,276 | $179k |
| Kirkland, WA | 2,107 | $164k |
| Seattle, WA | 1,523 | $160k |
| San Bruno, CA | 1,055 | $168k |
| San Francisco, CA | 612 | $180k |
| Cambridge, MA | 381 | $160k |
| San Jose, CA | 354 | $186k |
| Moffett Field, CA | 331 | $165k |
| Los Angeles, CA | 220 | $151k |
| Durham, NC | 212 | $133k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 149 | $127k |
| Level II | 14,788 | $170k |
| Level III | 4,630 | $200k |
| Level IV | 731 | $239k |