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Salaries / Software Developers / Riverside

Software Developers salaries in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

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

Employers filed 235 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 134 employers.

The middle half of offers were $116,000 to $159,500 a year, with a median of $135,000: 6% below the national median for this job ($143,500).

The most common wage level was Level II (49% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $92,082 at Level I and $115,710 at Level II.

25th percentile$116,000
Median offer$135,000
75th percentile$159,500
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)19%$92,082
Level II (qualified)49%$115,710
Level III (experienced)12%$139,339
Level IV (fully competent)21%$162,968

Who sponsors software developers here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.61$135,000—
Eldorado National (California), Inc.5$120,000—
Molina Healthcare, Inc.4$160,0001
Monster Energy Company4$167,500—
Infowave Systems Inc3$141,0006
Msr Technology Group Llc3$140,5007
Sparient Inc.3$185,000—
Mercury Insurance Services, LLC3$146,5003
Precision Technologies Corp.3$116,0007
Compunnel Software Group, Inc3$116,000401
Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.3$91,50091
Evolent Specialty Services, Inc.2$130,500—
Bourns, Inc.2$153,000—
I28 Technologies Corporation2$116,0002
Nokia of America Corporation2$106,00027

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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.