LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026

H-1B job titles for IT roles

Short answer

375 job titles appear on at least 20 H-1B labor condition applications for IT occupations (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026). Software Engineer is the most common (9,832 filings). Pick a title for its offered wage, sponsors and states.

Titles by number of filings

Job titleFilingsMedian offered wage
Software Engineer9,832$147,091
Software Developer6,096$112,923
Senior Software Engineer2,836$151,329
Software Engineering1,831$180,710
Data Engineer1,285$110,000
Software Dev Engineer Ii987$163,500
Software Development Engineer Ii967$153,560
Computer Programmer886$95,514
Data Scientist839$129,412
Staff Software Engineer797$198,200
Java Developer706$104,000
Sr. Software Engineer652$149,180
Software Development Engineer601$149,365
Lead Software Engineer575$146,058
Senior Software Developer526$130,000
Software Engineer Ii494$131,997
Devops Engineer491$112,923
Research Scientist465$214,032
Business Analyst436$98,862
Data Analyst436$94,872
Senior Data Engineer429$139,700
Principal Software Engineer418$171,978
Application Developer415$110,000
Software Development Engineer I400$129,000
Software Engineer Iii392$128,645
Software Development Engineer Iii372$184,490
Machine Learning Engineer359$175,000
Computer Systems Analyst349$98,925
Systems Analyst346$104,000
Product Manager342$176,298
Programmer Analyst334$95,000
Database Administrator329$97,000
Technical Lead315$111,072
Project Manager307$111,862
Systems Engineer291$96,000
It Project Manager273$97,608
Vice President273$174,000
Network Engineer265$100,000
Senior Data Scientist264$168,386
Senior Manager256$207,136
Senior Consultant255$132,193
Member Of Technical Staff247$198,000
Solution Architect246$143,062
Data Engineer Ii228$133,000
Business Intelligence Analyst228$105,820
Technical Program Manager213$180,100
Technical Architect211$130,000
Salesforce Developer210$112,923
Manager Iii, Software Development206$198,390
Manager, Software Engineering192$192,776
Business Systems Analyst190$104,000
Full Stack Developer183$109,300
.Net Developer179$108,160
Senior Manager, Software Engineering177$178,805
Software Architect175$140,000
Senior Software Engineer/Developer163$116,709
Senior Full Stack Engineer160$116,709
Technical Project Manager160$118,851
Senior Data Analyst155$108,118
Sr Software Development Engineer155$158,875
Software Engineer 3154$155,620
Program Manager151$139,300
Business Intelligence Engineer Ii150$120,480
Senior Product Manager148$180,710
Software Developers147$101,192
Senior Engineer141$145,011
Sr. Software Developer141$126,090
Solutions Architect140$146,215
Application Engineer140$108,012
Technical Program Manager Iii139$156,333
Software Engineer I139$120,000
Data Engineer Iii137$163,322
Information Technology Project Manager135$95,000
Qa Engineer133$92,040
Senior Software Development Engineer132$141,024
Senior Machine Learning Engineer127$200,000
Test Engineer122$106,454
Data Scientist Ii119$139,300
Engineering Manager118$222,500
Sr. Data Engineer117$135,200
Senior Developer116$141,914
Senior Staff Software Engineer116$204,576
Sap Consultant116$112,923
Software Engineering Manager115$223,642
Java Full Stack Developer114$109,400
Cloud Engineer112$112,923
Software Development Engineer In Test110$108,982
Site Reliability Engineer110$125,559
Vice President, Software Engineering109$185,000
Senior Technical Lead109$119,184
Lead Data Engineer109$145,000
Staff Software Development Engineer108$174,440
Software Quality Assurance Analyst And Tester106$99,840
Director, Software Engineering105$193,500
Senior Business Analyst103$118,560
Staff Engineer103$189,592
Qa Analyst101$91,400
Data Architect99$123,531
Qa Automation Engineer98$94,702
Senior Devops Engineer96$139,750
Software Test Engineer96$97,330
Business Intelligence Engineer Iii96$142,828
Application Architect96$138,970
Research Engineer95$200,000
Software Engineer 295$129,600
Full Stack Engineer93$114,400
Computer Systems Engineer/Architect91$94,682
Principal Consultant91$136,580
Senior Associate90$142,500
Principal Full Stack Engineer90$140,150
Principal Engineer85$183,050
Principal Data Engineer85$153,000
Software Quality Assurance Engineer84$100,670
Senior Quality Engineer83$119,912
Principal Software Development Engineer82$212,202
Senior Java Developer82$122,168
Solutions Architect Ii81$143,400
Senior Technical Architect80$139,298
Scrum Master79$96,000
Software Engineer Iv78$145,105
Software Qa Engineer78$98,058
Staff Data Engineer77$170,000
Web Developer77$84,053
Ai Engineer76$125,750
Senior Systems Engineer76$133,848
R&D Engineer Software76$184,779
Technical Consultant75$112,923
Product Owner75$112,923
Senior Software Engineer I74$157,600
Software Application Developer74$109,950
Servicenow Developer74$112,424
Senior Database Administrator73$121,222
Senior Software Engineer Ii73$170,000
Embedded Software Engineer73$108,077
Engineer Ii72$130,000
Systems Administrator71$92,623
Quality Assurance Engineer71$94,710
Product Designer71$155,000
Software Engineering Senior Advisor70$153,594
Lead Engineer69$150,000
Computer Systems Engineer68$96,138
Quality Engineer68$104,250
Network Administrator68$87,000
Senior Principal Consultant67$137,440
System Administrator65$92,622
Etl Developer64$109,283
Data Scientist Iii63$163,322
Automation Engineer63$96,500
Software Quality Assurance Analyst63$100,000
Senior Cloud Engineer62$116,709
Technical Analyst62$116,752
Lead Data Scientist61$170,500
Software Programmer61$98,301
Staff Machine Learning Engineer60$234,750
Staff Data Scientist60$204,222
Application Programmer60$117,759
Forward Deployed Engineer60$154,458
Sr. Data Scientist59$145,300
Database Engineer59$100,700
Ui Developer58$104,165
Senior Network Engineer58$146,258
Business Intelligence Developer58$109,242
Chief Technology Officer58$180,000
Machine Learning Engineer Ii57$180,710
Software Engineer Senior57$133,575
Deployment Strategist57$130,000
System Analyst56$91,707
Quality Assurance Analyst56$95,478
Senior Business Systems Analyst56$134,206
Technical Specialist55$110,000
Senior Site Reliability Engineer55$160,000
Applications Developer55$132,000
Software Quality Engineer55$100,000
Python Developer55$109,845
Senior Project Manager54$126,863
Senior Systems Analyst54$112,923
Senior Lead Software Engineer53$162,100
Assistant Vice President52$140,000
Dot Net Developer52$108,118
Information Security Analyst52$106,995
Technical Product Manager51$125,715
Applied Scientist51$191,897
Principal Application Engineer51$148,971
Lead Application Developer51$142,184
Full Stack Java Developer50$109,844
Mainframe Developer50$109,922
Java Programmer50$89,844
Technical Manager49$118,456
Senior Manager, Software Development49$242,320
Senior Programmer Analyst49$108,000
Senior Application Developer49$126,089
Sr. Programmer Analyst48$110,536
Principal Data Analyst48$112,904
Principal Product Manager47$212,000
Senior Solution Architect47$153,317
Software Consultant47$112,923
Infrastructure Engineer47$120,000
Director, Product Management47$240,000
Senior Software Test Engineer47$129,022
Manager, Engineering46$200,907
Software Engineer Specialist46$148,696
Senior Technical Support Engineer46$124,068
Senior Technical Program Manager45$169,263
Data Engineer I44$113,220
Software Developer Ii44$112,923
Backend Software Engineer44$177,500
Principal Architect43$165,000
Senior Engineering Manager42$245,089
Ux Designer42$135,584
Senior Manager, Data Science42$165,902
Database Architect42$131,000
Sr. Business Analyst42$126,662
Lead Consultant41$120,599
Test Lead41$105,000
Bi Developer41$112,923
Senior Architect41$154,135
Software Development Engineer In Test (Sdet)41$102,200
Android Developer40$112,674
Principal Data Scientist40$174,552
Software Engineer In Test40$111,207
Senior Product Designer39$190,000
Member Of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)39$255,000
Database Developer39$109,845
Qa Lead39$102,086
Business Analyst Ii39$93,658
Senior Salesforce Developer38$151,666
Senior Solutions Architect38$164,600
Technical Support Engineer38$112,860
Data Science Engineer37$163,322
Staff Product Manager37$181,293
System Engineer37$98,000
It Manager37$130,562
Ai/Ml Engineer37$115,710
Qa Tester37$91,374
Senior Program Manager36$139,588
Enterprise Architect36$151,407
Software Development Manager36$153,338
Functional Consultant36$97,936
Data Scientist I36$106,748
Senior Ai Engineer35$190,000
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer35$187,574
Quality Analyst35$93,000
Senior .Net Developer35$132,000
Technical Business Analyst35$100,000
Senior Staff Engineer35$185,000
Business System Analyst35$98,051
Senior Qa Engineer34$127,396
Senior Software Development Engineer In Test34$176,556
Lead Technical Consultant34$154,814
Senior Research Scientist34$212,089
Director Of Engineering34$257,257
It Consultant34$100,473
Project Lead34$121,566
Senior Software Engineer In Test34$119,912
Sr. Product Manager33$158,808
Manager, Data Science33$173,734
Lead Developer33$153,358
Analytics Engineer33$158,808
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst33$115,000
Software Developer, Systems Software33$117,021
Sr. Devops Engineer32$136,743
Software Systems Engineer32$120,174
Test Automation Engineer32$91,500
Senior Principal Software Engineer32$178,066
Ios Developer32$107,640
Computer Systems Analysts32$94,370
Director, Engineering32$253,382
Founding Engineer31$175,000
Computer System Analyst31$102,100
Test Specialist31$99,549
Power Bi Developer31$103,300
Senior Application Engineer31$134,971
Engineer Iii31$121,846
Director, Data Engineering31$200,905
Lead Product Manager30$201,080
Sr. Data Analyst30$109,100
It Business Analyst30$96,720
Business Data Analyst30$87,422
Software Applications Developer30$110,656
Senior Applications Developer30$125,154
Principal Cloud Engineer30$146,046
Network And Computer Systems Administrator30$88,276
Senior Technical Consultant30$134,661
Software Engineer 430$167,265
Quantitative Developer29$139,506
Principal Technical Support Engineer29$146,868
Senior Full Stack Developer29$130,800
Network Security Engineer29$113,618
Associate Director29$191,200
Product Engineer28$147,328
Software Principal Engineer28$182,260
Lead Software Developer28$134,971
Sap Abap Developer28$112,750
Principal Systems Analyst28$125,119
Sr. Systems Engineer27$122,116
Security Engineer27$141,000
Software Engineer Manager27$268,000
Delivery Manager27$133,896
Advanced Software Engineer27$140,000
Senior Software Engineering26$150,000
Technical Product Owner26$114,700
Group Product Manager26$261,500
Business Intelligence Engineer26$107,911
It Program Manager26$110,791
Senior Manager, Product Management26$167,088
Service Delivery Manager26$141,750
Rpa Developer26$105,000
Sr. Java Developer26$117,662
Machine Learning Scientist25$163,322
Sr. Business Systems Analyst25$130,250
Front End Developer25$106,579
Lead Devops Engineer25$145,642
Cloud Architect25$122,117
Associate Manager Software Engineering25$111,905
Computer Network Support Specialist25$91,582
Mulesoft Developer25$108,077
Pega Developer25$112,923
Angular Developer25$108,160
Product Manager Iii25$153,308
Senior Test Engineer24$110,740
Big Data Engineer24$112,036
Senior Front End Developer24$116,709
Senior Technical Manager24$126,339
Salesforce Administrator24$105,988
Oracle Database Administrator24$95,443
Senior Infrastructure Engineer24$147,500
Data Scientist, Analytics24$211,732
Sr. Staff Software Engineer24$222,122
Manager, Data Engineering24$154,438
Aem Developer24$114,577
Sap Functional Consultant24$114,138
Data Analyst Ii23$88,000
Staff Site Reliability Engineer23$163,550
Information Technology Project Managers23$110,000
Automation Test Engineer23$95,000
Sr. Application Developer23$130,000
React Developer23$110,947
Sap Fico Consultant23$100,000
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer22$125,000
Sql Developer22$103,210
Platform Engineer22$118,750
It Analyst22$106,904
Senior Qa Analyst22$102,471
Full Stack Software Engineer22$132,500
Project Manager Ii22$124,302
Sr. Technical Program Manager22$169,672
Principal Technical Program Manager22$197,460
Computer And Information Systems Manager22$188,200
Systems Architect21$135,000
Tech Lead21$131,997
Associate Data Scientist21$81,994
Software Validation Engineer21$89,000
Java Aws Developer21$103,210
Manager, Software Development21$200,000
Sr. Network Engineer21$116,938
Software Developer Iii21$132,000
Sharepoint Developer21$110,000
Front End Engineer21$207,502
Senior Software Engineering Manager21$205,000
Senior Platform Engineer21$149,738
Iam Engineer21$109,283
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer21$113,225
Cloud Devops Engineer21$110,000
Principal Engineer, Software21$173,001
Senior Backend Engineer20$187,870
It Specialist20$101,676
Software Developer/Engineer20$134,160
Solutions Engineer20$186,500
Staff Research Scientist20$198,910
Software Engineer Lead20$157,167
Solution Engineer20$127,250
Senior Analytics Engineer20$175,000
Salesforce Business Analyst20$106,257
Associate Software Engineer20$95,726
Principal Site Reliability Engineer20$187,600

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, LCA disclosure data, IT occupations only. Titles are as filed, lower-cased and grouped by exact text.