LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
Google H-1B filings for software developers
Short answer
Google filed 1,973 H-1B labor condition applications for software developers (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), 77% of its 2,571 IT filings. The most common state is California (1,427) and the most common city is Mountain View, CA.
Job titles on the filings
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,745 |
| Technical Program Manager | 38 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 33 |
| Software Engineer, Site Reliability | 26 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 22 |
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 1,427 |
| Washington | 268 |
| New York | 152 |
| Texas | 31 |
| Massachusetts | 25 |
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 641 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 603 |
| Kirkland, WA | 159 |
| New York, NY | 152 |
Wage levels and offered wage
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 17 | 1% |
| Level II | 998 | 70% |
| Level III | 273 | 19% |
| Level IV | 132 | 9% |
Median offered wage for software developers: $193,000 a year, against a median prevailing wage of $187,741 on the same filings. See prevailing wages by occupation and area.