Software Engineer at Meta
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Meta pay a Software Engineer on an H-1B?
$187k Meta has filed 20,734 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 $187k. Most of those filings fall between $165k and $213k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
20,734
Median base salary
$187k
Middle 50%
$165k to $213k
Filings and pay by year
Software Engineer at Meta, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 2,427 | $217k |
| FY2025 | 3,295 | $198k |
| FY2024 | 3,130 | $203k |
| FY2023 | 1,848 | $199k |
| FY2022 | 2,491 | $182k |
| FY2021 | 2,424 | $177k |
| FY2020 | 2,027 | $172k |
| FY2019 | 1,270 | $167k |
| FY2018 | 1,070 | $160k |
| FY2017 | 752 | $152k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Menlo Park, CA | 10,535 | $186k |
| Seattle, WA | 2,500 | $175k |
| New York, NY | 2,333 | $188k |
| Bellevue, WA | 2,264 | $197k |
| Burlingame, CA | 627 | $199k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 467 | $214k |
| San Francisco, CA | 315 | $172k |
| Redmond, WA | 251 | $198k |
| Cambridge, MA | 233 | $170k |
| Los Angeles, CA | 116 | $174k |
| Austin, TX | 74 | $166k |
| Fremont, CA | 62 | $215k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 865 | $177k |
| Level II | 2,704 | $178k |
| Level III | 4,663 | $168k |
| Level IV | 8,048 | $209k |