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Salaries / Computer Programmers / New York

Computer Programmers salaries in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

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

Employers filed 1,553 certified H-1B applications for computer programmers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 510 employers.

The middle half of offers were $98,500 to $122,000 a year, with a median of $98,500: 4% above the national median for this job ($95,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (63% of filings).

25th percentile$98,500
Median offer$98,500
75th percentile$122,000
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)15%—
Level II (qualified)63%—
Level III (experienced)15%—
Level IV (fully competent)7%—

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)
Skilltune Technologies Inc134$106,50012
Gp Technologies Llc92$98,500—
Mphasis Corporation62$126,000110
Tata Consultancy Services Limited52$98,500—
Satin Solutions Llc44$98,500—
Capgemini America Inc41$122,000—
Compunnel Software Group, Inc29$100,000—
Hcl America Inc24$102,500—
Accenture LLP22$145,500—
Wipro Limited21$98,500—
Synechron Inc.18$122,000—
Nagarro, Inc15$98,500—
Persistent Systems, Inc.15$120,0002
Diaspark, Inc.14$89,50019
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.14$106,500—

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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.