LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
Meta H-1B filings for software developers
Short answer
Meta filed 1,385 H-1B labor condition applications for software developers (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), 67% of its 2,082 IT filings. The most common state is California (855) and the most common city is Menlo Park, CA.
Job titles on the filings
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,189 |
| Production Engineer | 66 |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 33 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 19 |
| Front End Engineer | 12 |
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 855 |
| Washington | 334 |
| New York | 144 |
| Texas | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 14 |
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| Menlo Park, CA | 649 |
| Bellevue, WA | 244 |
| New York, NY | 141 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 78 |
Wage levels and offered wage
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 93 | 9% |
| Level II | 274 | 27% |
| Level III | 223 | 22% |
| Level IV | 433 | 42% |
Median offered wage for software developers: $215,731 a year, against a median prevailing wage of $185,201 on the same filings. See prevailing wages by occupation and area.
Meta in other occupations
Other employers filing for software developers
| Employer | Filings |
|---|---|
| Apple | 1,666 |
| Deloitte | 1,133 |
| Microsoft | 1,826 |
| Fidelity D/B/A Fidelity Investments | 1,001 |
| 1,973 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | 851 |
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