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Salaries / Software Developers / Miami

Software Developers salaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27

Employers filed 975 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 492 employers.

The middle half of offers were $111,000 to $150,000 a year, with a median of $120,000: 16% below the national median for this job ($143,500).

The most common wage level was Level II (51% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $88,774 at Level I and $116,605 at Level II.

25th percentile$111,000
Median offer$120,000
75th percentile$150,000
National median$143,500

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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)14%$88,774
Level II (qualified)51%$116,605
Level III (experienced)18%$144,456
Level IV (fully competent)17%$172,286

Who sponsors software developers here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.31$153,00078
Citrix Systems, Inc.21$165,500—
Deloitte Consulting LLP19$150,000369
MPG Operations LLC19$111,00020
Citadel Securities Americas Services Llc15$175,00047
Florida Power & Light Company14$147,5005
Compunnel Software Group, Inc14$116,000401
Modernizing Medicine, Inc.13$150,000—
Carnival Corporation11$111,0003
Kaseya US LLC9$138,5002
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP8$147,50045
LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc.8$137,00014
Vitas Hospice Services, LLC.8$111,000—
Thales DIS CPL USA, Inc.8$121,0003
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp7$138,500—

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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.