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Software Engineer II H-1B salaries

Employers filed 3,598 certified H-1B applications for Software Engineer II roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $129,459.

Median salary offered
$129,459
Middle half earn
$109,283 to $150,000
Top 10% earn over
$168,000
Certified filings
3,598

Every filing

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Pinterest, Inc.123$163,862$135,522 – $180,710
Truist Bank98$119,038$111,566 – $124,490
Chewy, Inc.92$152,700$143,966 – $159,586
Wayfair LLC66$166,270$160,375 – $180,924
Best Buy Co., Inc.63$133,900$129,813 – $137,992
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC62$150,100$145,700 – $158,900
FIS Management Services, LLC60$111,750$101,687 – $128,526
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.55$108,611$104,016 – $114,212
Axon Enterprise, Inc.52$160,000$149,462 – $165,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.50$149,000$149,000 – $170,400
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States48$150,800$141,700 – $158,200
M&T Bank47$120,058$98,509 – $125,653
Electronic Arts Inc.46$147,500$140,156 – $153,924
7-Eleven, Inc.45$120,328$105,997 – $129,022
RELX, Inc.44$91,202$87,295 – $94,998
Akamai Technologies, Inc.42$127,125$123,240 – $132,267
Aurora Operations, Inc.41$139,000$134,077 – $158,621
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.40$131,082$114,754 – $147,321
Datadog, Inc.39$175,000$163,250 – $190,000
Rocket Limited Partnership38$109,564$105,000 – $113,547
Staples, Inc.34$118,678$112,050 – $125,345
Riot Games, Inc.33$176,134$163,862 – $180,710
NIKE, Inc.30$164,600$159,040 – $168,714
Latitude AI, LLC29$150,320$141,760 – $172,931
The Travelers Indemnity Company28$127,504$127,136 – $132,933
Cummins Inc.27$112,507$95,648 – $114,328
United Services Automobile Association27$100,652$96,600 – $103,717
Grubhub Holdings Inc.27$142,000$132,774 – $157,250
DiDi Research America, LLC27$132,960$132,960 – $134,480
Rocket Mortgage, LLC26$101,845$100,000 – $106,000
Nisum Technologies Inc.25$125,000$115,000 – $130,250
Affirm, Inc.24$160,000$142,000 – $160,000
Total System Services LLC24$87,859$82,971 – $92,729
Worldpay, LLC23$125,367$118,040 – $135,995
AppFolio Inc.21$150,000$140,000 – $155,930
WarnerMedia Services, LLC21$131,239$126,942 – $137,259
Circle Internet Financial, LLC21$161,500$152,800 – $166,000
BILL Operations LLC20$163,350$152,880 – $166,000
Penske Truck Leasing Co LP20$135,000$132,000 – $138,000
Lucid Software Inc.19$114,500$109,300 – $117,800
TORC Robotics, Inc.19$159,479$148,400 – $161,860
Smartsheet Inc.18$137,259$127,332 – $149,290
Asm America Inc.18$102,294$102,294 – $105,976
The Trade Desk, Inc.17$151,400$137,600 – $151,400
Klaviyo, Inc.17$131,082$116,000 – $141,700
Medtronic, Inc.17$104,851$96,064 – $107,916
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center17$130,000$125,000 – $145,000
People Center, Inc. d/b/a Rippling16$220,000$174,621 – $225,000
AvidXchange, Inc.16$130,000$121,500 – $130,000
LexisNexis Risk Data Management LLC16$84,460$84,460 – $90,806

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY176$155,000$131,997 – $175,000
Seattle, WA175$149,240$137,259 – $163,626
Boston, MA174$150,000$132,000 – $160,000
San Francisco, CA139$161,637$149,000 – $183,880
Atlanta, GA108$121,098$109,283 – $131,030
Austin, TX96$115,334$108,826 – $132,290
Bellevue, WA89$154,900$137,259 – $162,122
Irving, TX84$112,923$105,305 – $128,519
Palo Alto, CA71$172,931$151,756 – $184,662
Mountain View, CA69$148,319$136,000 – $172,307
Raleigh, NC69$101,736$91,404 – $119,059
San Jose, CA66$151,408$138,725 – $160,000
Charlotte, NC64$118,530$111,243 – $125,440
Chicago, IL61$130,000$110,000 – $146,490
Richfield, MN61$133,900$129,626 – $137,917
Los Angeles, CA53$160,000$149,136 – $176,134
Phoenix, AZ52$102,397$102,294 – $110,448
Alpharetta, GA47$85,800$83,730 – $94,952
Pittsburgh, PA45$126,000$101,898 – $131,000
San Diego, CA43$137,343$127,140 – $150,050

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I591$115,080
Level II2,054$127,188
Level III457$148,729
Level IV152$159,186

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023263$128,502
20241,232$126,461
20251,261$130,000
2026842$135,699