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Salaries / Computer Programmers / Houston

Computer Programmers salaries in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

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

Employers filed 360 certified H-1B applications for computer programmers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 131 employers.

The middle half of offers were $72,000 to $95,500 a year, with a median of $78,000: 18% below the national median for this job ($95,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (60% of filings).

25th percentile$72,000
Median offer$78,000
75th percentile$95,500
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)7%—
Level II (qualified)60%—
Level III (experienced)19%—
Level IV (fully competent)14%—

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)
Mphasis Corporation66$108,500110
Skilltune Technologies Inc27$79,00012
Wipro Limited21$76,500—
Tata Consultancy Services Limited9$76,500—
Glosoft Technologies LLC8$66,000—
Satin Solutions Llc8$71,500—
Stiaos Technologies Inc8$72,500—
Msr Technology Group Llc7$74,5005
Babatek, Inc.7$72,500—
Accenture LLP6$126,000—
LTIMindtree Limited6$60,00038
Persistent Systems, Inc.5$120,0002
Hcl America Inc5$96,000—
Compunnel Software Group, Inc5$91,000—
Tekprism Inc5$72,500—

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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.