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SOC 15-1251, wage year 2025-26

Computer Programmers prevailing wage by area

Short answer

Across 530 US areas, the median Level 1 prevailing wage for computer programmers is $29.19 an hour ($60,705 a year) and the median Level 4 wage is $52.78 an hour ($109,782 a year). Pick an area below for all four levels.

Ten highest Level 2 wages

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$52.19$66.26$80.33$94.40
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$51.78$65.93$80.09$94.24
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$51.79$65.90$80.02$94.13
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50.82$65.09$79.37$93.64
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49.46$62.91$76.37$89.82
Yakima, WA$46.02$59.63$73.23$86.84
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$45.81$59.45$73.10$86.74
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$44.70$58.39$72.08$85.77
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$50.75$57.35$63.95$70.55
Bozeman, MT$54.44$57.06$59.67$62.29

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval and not a job opening.

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