Senior Software Engineer, H-1B salary
What 78,820 H-1B filings report for “Senior Software Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Software Engineer?
$132k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Software Engineer, typically $94k to $186k, across 78,820 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $159k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington5,505$159k+$27k
- 2California25,229$155k+$23k
- 3New York4,444$146k+$14k
- 4Oregon373$132ksame
- 5Massachusetts3,862$128k−$4k
- 6New Jersey2,380$128k−$4k
- 7North Carolina2,814$126k−$6k
- 8Arkansas2,082$124k−$8k
- 9Texas7,894$121k−$11k
- 10Maryland882$120k−$12k
- 11Utah522$120k−$12k
- 12New Hampshire125$120k−$12k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $132kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Senior Software Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Software Engineer roles are Walmart, Microsoft, Uber, Bloomberg, and Capital One, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Software Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Walmart4,886 filings$149k
- 2Microsoft2,678 filings$157k
- 3Uber1,526 filings$174k
- 4Bloomberg1,325 filings$146k
- 5Capital One1,234 filings$94k
- 6Intuit1,175 filings$139k
- 7GlobalLogic1,042 filings$110k
- 8EPAM931 filings$116k
- 9Qualcomm883 filings$111k
- 10LinkedIn847 filings$133k
- 11Lowe's779 filings$130k
- 12Optum765 filings$121k
- 13Mastercard640 filings$115k
- 14U.S. Bank NA623 filings$134k
- 15MathWorks597 filings$129k
- 16Netflix573 filings$171k
- 17Salesforce530 filings$144k
- 18ServiceNow521 filings$148k
- 19IBM432 filings$99k
- 20Roku399 filings$184k
- 21Cox Automotive389 filings$126k
- 22Atos Syntel362 filings$86k
- 23Google354 filings$220k
- 24Snowflake354 filings$200k
- 25General Motors334 filings$141k
- 26Wayfair295 filings$160k
- 27Webilent Technology292 filings$93k
- 28Roblox291 filings$243k
- 29LexisNexis286 filings$110k
- 30Oracle280 filings$96k
- 31Airbnb277 filings$191k
- 32J. B. Hunt269 filings$126k
- 33Randstad256 filings$130k
- 34Humana253 filings$125k
- 35Citrix Systems247 filings$121k
- 36Macy's222 filings$130k
- 37Splunk214 filings$184k
- 38Autodesk212 filings$133k
- 39Global Sumi Technologies211 filings$96k
- 40GE HealthCare210 filings$108k
- 41Coinbase209 filings$206k
- 42Instacart206 filings$190k
- 43Databricks192 filings$168k
- 44Northwestern Mutual191 filings$129k
- 45AT&T188 filings$145k
- 46Impetus Technologies185 filings$95k
- 47Akamai Technologies179 filings$132k
- 48Confluent178 filings$189k
- 49SiriusXM178 filings$125k
- 50Robinhood172 filings$196k
Related titles in this family
95,306 filings carry “Senior Software Engineer” in the title, across 3,575 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Software Engineer/Developer3,137 filings$97k
- 2Senior Software Engineer II1,286 filings$141k
- 3Senior Software Engineer I1,230 filings$140k
- 4Associate Senior Software Engineer528 filings$78k
- 5Senior Software Engineer in Test501 filings$125k
- 6Senior Software Engineer 1338 filings$147k
- 7Senior Software Engineer, Backend266 filings$170k
- 8Senior Software Engineering231 filings$119k
- 9Senior Software Engineering Manager203 filings$180k
- 10Senior Software Engineer - IT196 filings$106k
- 11Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack162 filings$135k
- 12Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning158 filings$194k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Software Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.