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Salaries / Computer Programmers / Dallas

Computer Programmers salaries in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data

Employers filed 2,470 certified H-1B applications for computer programmers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 708 employers.

The middle half of offers were $77,500 to $99,000 a year, with a median of $79,000: 17% below the national median for this job ($95,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (72% of filings).

25th percentile$77,500
Median offer$79,000
75th percentile$99,000
National median$95,000

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Wage levels

DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.

LevelShare of filingsPrevailing wage (minimum)
Level I (entry)6%—
Level II (qualified)72%—
Level III (experienced)16%—
Level IV (fully competent)6%—

We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.

Who sponsors computer programmers here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Tata Consultancy Services Limited191$77,500—
Mphasis Corporation121$120,000110
Wipro Limited116$85,500—
Gp Technologies Llc109$78,000—
Hcl America Inc44$101,000—
Capgemini America Inc38$98,000—
Compunnel Software Group, Inc37$98,500—
Skilltune Technologies Inc35$78,00012
The Automation Space LLC35$77,500—
Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc31$92,500—
Persistent Systems, Inc.28$120,0002
Tek Leaders Inc26$78,00035
Hexaware Technologies, Inc.24$77,50021
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.24$99,000—
Satin Solutions Llc23$99,000—

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Common titles filed under this occupation: Computer Programmer, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer Analyst, Java Developer, Technical Lead L1, Software Developer, Software Programmer.

About this data

Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.