Software Engineer H1B Salary & Sponsorship Overview (2026)

Employers filed 213,225 H1B Labor Condition Applications for Software Engineer positions, based on official US Department of Labor disclosure data. The average offered salary is $133,549 (median $125,000), with reported wages ranging from $41,912 to $1,499,988 across 16,895 sponsoring employers.

Top H1B sponsors for Software Engineer: GOOGLE LLC; MICROSOFT CORPORATION; META PLATFORMS, INC; META PLATFORMS, INC.; MPHASIS CORPORATION. Most filings in: CA, WA, TX.