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Software Developers salaries in Birmingham, AL
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 126 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the Birmingham, AL area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 81 employers.
The middle half of offers were $93,500 to $135,500 a year, with a median of $115,000: 20% below the national median for this job ($143,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (48% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $78,437 at Level I and $100,610 at Level II.
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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.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 14% | $78,437 |
| Level II (qualified) | 48% | $100,610 |
| Level III (experienced) | 18% | $122,803 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 20% | $144,976 |
Who sponsors software developers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipt, Inc. | 11 | $130,500 | 18 |
| Regions Bank | 6 | $135,000 | 3 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 6 | $142,500 | 369 |
| Motion Industries, Inc. | 5 | $135,500 | 1 |
| My Supply Chain Group, LLC | 4 | $152,500 | 6 |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 4 | $132,000 | 401 |
| Legacy Vulcan, LLC - Subsidiary of Vulcan Materials Company | 3 | $135,500 | — |
| Bahwan Cybertek Inc. | 3 | $105,000 | — |
| Moxie IT Solutions Inc | 2 | $94,000 | 1 |
| DST Health Solutions, LLC | 2 | $126,500 | — |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama | 2 | $122,500 | 12 |
| Callidus Software, Inc. | 2 | $149,000 | 2 |
| Merastar Insurance Company | 2 | $121,500 | 5 |
| Guidewire Software, Inc. | 2 | $135,500 | 26 |
| Linq App, Inc. | 2 | $100,000 | — |
More in Birmingham
Common titles filed under this occupation: Software Engineer, Software Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineering, Software Dev Engineer Ii, Software Dev Engineer I, Software Development Engineer Ii, Staff Software Engineer.
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.