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Salaries / Software Developers / Philadelphia

Software Developers salaries in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

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

Employers filed 2,750 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 1,069 employers.

The middle half of offers were $110,000 to $153,500 a year, with a median of $125,000: 13% below the national median for this job ($143,500).

The most common wage level was Level II (46% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $91,874 at Level I and $113,859 at Level II.

25th percentile$110,000
Median offer$125,000
75th percentile$153,500
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)15%$91,874
Level II (qualified)46%$113,859
Level III (experienced)16%$135,824
Level IV (fully competent)24%$157,810

Who sponsors software developers here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.225$155,000904
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC142$127,000245
Deloitte Consulting LLP66$153,500369
SEI Investments Company52$156,00028
The Vanguard Group, Inc.47$152,000103
Capgemini America Inc43$135,500165
Compunnel Software Group, Inc42$110,000401
Randstad Digital, Llc39$130,000119
Susquehanna International Group, LLP32$88,00024
Bank Of America N.A.22$153,500152
Mphasis Corporation22$120,00051
Capital One Services, LLC20$162,00015
Coforge Limited19$110,0005
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP18$175,50045
ACE American Insurance Company16$144,00015

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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.