Software Engineer II H-1B Salary

6,086 certified H-1B filings list the job title Software Engineer II (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $126,000; the middle half of filings fall between $108,158 and $145,726. The largest sponsor for this title is CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC (344 filings).

6,086
certified filings
$126,000
Median base salary
$108,158
25th pct
$145,726
75th pct
$163,781
90th pct
$95,326
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$95,326$126,000 median$163,781

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY20261,191$131,082
FY20251,667$130,000
FY20241,549$125,000
FY20231,679$120,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Seattle, WA249$149,240
San Jose, CA238$141,378
Austin, TX216$117,917
Atlanta, GA210$116,476
New York, NY180$152,410
Boston, MA171$141,700
San Francisco, CA165$158,900
Chicago, IL132$116,283
Bellevue, WA123$150,000
Irving, TX100$112,923
Charlotte, NC91$120,000
Sunnyvale, CA87$147,000
Raleigh, NC78$103,102
San Diego, CA73$126,880
Detroit, MI69$101,500
Frisco, TX69$101,192
Santa Clara, CA69$145,000
Los Angeles, CA65$157,123
Mountain View, CA65$150,000
Phoenix, AZ62$102,294

Software Engineer II salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC344$120,000
PayPal, Inc.216$134,458
Truist Bank150$116,476
Chewy, Inc.138$150,000
Pinterest, Inc.129$160,805
eBay Inc.118$140,000
EMC Corporation97$132,838
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.87$106,090
BEST BUY CO., INC.86$132,613
Wayfair LLC86$172,095
Uber Technologies, Inc.76$149,000
FIS Management Services, LLC74$115,000
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC73$150,100
M&T Bank67$102,877
Axon Enterprise, Inc.62$160,000
Staples, Inc.57$118,450
RELX, Inc.56$89,540
Akamai Technologies, Inc.55$125,615
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.55$130,426
Datadog, Inc.55$175,000
Electronic Arts Inc.55$146,246
Nisum Technologies Inc.52$120,000
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States51$150,800
7-Eleven, Inc.50$116,938
Rocket Mortgage, LLC49$100,000
Dell Products L.P.45$125,000
Cummins Inc.44$99,174
Riot Games, Inc.44$176,134
Grubhub Holdings Inc.39$140,354
Aurora Operations, Inc.38$139,000
Rocket Limited Partnership38$109,564
TORC Robotics, Inc.37$152,900
Latitude AI, LLC36$148,500
Lucid Software Inc.35$110,000
NCR Voyix Corporation32$101,818
United Services Automobile Association32$100,672
McDonald's Corporation31$102,690
The Travelers Indemnity Company31$127,504
DiDi Research America, LLC30$132,960
Total System Services LLC29$88,213
AURORA INNOVATION, INC.27$150,000
NIKE, Inc.27$166,261
SMARTSHEET INC.27$135,000
Circle Internet Financial, LLC26$160,000
Affirm, Inc.25$160,000
AppFolio Inc.25$149,071
F5, Inc.25$134,012
Asurion, LLC24$129,274
Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC24$110,160
THE TRADE DESK, INC.24$148,206

Related job titles

Engineer II - Software $98,738Software Development Engineer II $165,240Software Dev Engineer II $172,600Senior Software Engineer II $165,000Systems/Software Engineer II $131,144Associate, Software Engineer II $120,000Engineer II, Software Engineering $90,189Software Test Engineer II $97,157Software Quality Engineer II $94,000Software Engineer $135,408

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer