Salaries / Software Developers / St. Louis
Software Developers salaries in St. Louis, MO-IL
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 1,367 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the St. Louis, MO-IL area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 545 employers.
The middle half of offers were $97,500 to $138,000 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 (50% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $84,718 at Level I and $105,310 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) | 10% | $84,718 |
| Level II (qualified) | 50% | $105,310 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $125,882 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 19% | $146,474 |
Who sponsors software developers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastercard Technologies, LLC | 211 | $138,000 | 40 |
| Charter Communications, Inc. | 78 | $118,500 | 139 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 24 | $108,000 | 369 |
| Equifax Inc. | 23 | $140,000 | 72 |
| Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. | 20 | $145,000 | 109 |
| Mastercard International Incorporated | 18 | $115,000 | 116 |
| Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc. | 18 | $81,000 | 91 |
| Ki Infosystems Llc | 17 | $97,500 | 2 |
| Centene Management Company, LLC | 15 | $140,000 | — |
| Synechron Inc. | 14 | $96,000 | 45 |
| Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc | 12 | $97,500 | 8 |
| Refinitiv US LLC | 10 | $124,500 | 1 |
| Capgemini America Inc | 10 | $135,500 | 165 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | 10 | $118,500 | 143 |
| RGA Enterprise Services Company | 10 | $150,000 | 4 |
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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.