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Backend Software Engineer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 205 certified H-1B applications for Backend Software Engineer roles between Sep 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $165,000.

Median salary offered
$165,000
Middle half earn
$140,000 to $199,534
Top 10% earn over
$237,840
Certified filings
205

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
ByteDance Inc.59$162,000$144,000 – $200,000
TikTok Inc.33$198,369$176,500 – $230,000
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC22$188,210$160,592 – $237,900
Atlassian US, Inc.12$165,750$157,250 – $181,166
Fancycom Inc.4$135,000$135,000 – $141,250
Nokia of America Corporation4$106,050$105,788 – $107,669
Included Health Inc.3$168,000$168,000 – $189,000
Finfare, Inc.3$125,000$112,500 – $142,500
Turing Video3$179,000$179,000 – $179,000
LangChain Inc.3$187,574$187,574 – $200,543
Grantd Equity Inc.2$122,500$116,250 – $128,750
Moloco, Inc.2$140,572$139,286 – $141,857
Arcade Research Inc.2$122,750$109,125 – $136,375
PayPal, Inc.2$100,500$100,500 – $100,500
Uber Technologies, Inc.2$191,200$189,500 – $192,900
Orderbook, Inc.2$165,000$157,500 – $172,500
Next Insurance, Inc.2$126,500$119,750 – $133,250
Schlumberger Technology Corporation2$125,684$125,346 – $126,022
DocuSign Inc.2$203,150$203,150 – $203,150
DBD Ventures, LLC2$114,754$114,754 – $114,754
Digital Manufacturing Systems Inc.2$125,000$125,000 – $125,000
BRINC Drones, Inc.1$162,000$162,000 – $162,000
Chikku, Inc.1$112,299$112,299 – $112,299
Buzz Solutions Inc1$157,500$157,500 – $157,500
Afficiency, Inc.1$112,000$112,000 – $112,000
Acoustic LP1$121,639$121,639 – $121,639
Fusus, INC.1$120,000$120,000 – $120,000
First Help Financial LLC1$120,000$120,000 – $120,000
Fireworks.ai, Inc.1$206,000$206,000 – $206,000
Epiq eDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (LS)1$165,000$165,000 – $165,000
Egan-Jones Ratings Company1$101,421$101,421 – $101,421
Envoy Inc.1$222,108$222,108 – $222,108
Confluent, Inc.1$190,000$190,000 – $190,000
Doxel, Inc.1$165,000$165,000 – $165,000
Common Room, Inc.1$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
Crossbeam, Inc.1$147,481$147,481 – $147,481
Credal.AI Corporation1$175,000$175,000 – $175,000
AlgebraIT LLC1$105,997$105,997 – $105,997
Augment Technologies Inc.1$270,000$270,000 – $270,000
Komprise, Inc.1$110,000$110,000 – $110,000
InMoment, Inc.1$145,000$145,000 – $145,000
INSPYR Solutions, LLC1$135,200$135,200 – $135,200
O.C. Tanner Company1$115,000$115,000 – $115,000
LeyLine Technologies, Inc.1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Humigent Inc.1$149,365$149,365 – $149,365
GoQuant Technologies Inc.1$165,547$165,547 – $165,547
IBM Corporation1$208,570$208,570 – $208,570
Qualified Health PBC1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Rothur Tech Inc.1$90,000$90,000 – $90,000
Shelton AI, Inc.1$175,000$175,000 – $175,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
San Jose, CA61$187,000$155,000 – $226,138
Bellevue, WA50$187,250$156,520 – $218,590
San Francisco, CA14$191,087$168,000 – $208,750
Irvine, CA7$135,000$130,000 – $147,500
Austin, TX6$111,790$91,244 – $127,889
Culver City, CA6$171,000$171,000 – $221,250
New York, NY5$161,000$112,000 – $165,000
Seattle, WA4$156,000$147,000 – $166,500
Mountain View, CA4$184,662$181,225 – $184,662
Santa Clara, CA3$175,000$161,240 – $189,075
Boulder, CO3$110,000$105,835 – $115,820
Waltham, MA2$126,500$119,750 – $133,250
Sunnyvale, CA2$168,582$158,974 – $178,191
Los Angeles, CA2$179,000$179,000 – $179,000
Chino Hills, CA2$106,050$106,050 – $106,050
Redwood City, CA2$174,572$158,857 – $190,286
Scottsdale, AZ2$100,500$100,500 – $100,500
Clinton Township, MI2$125,000$125,000 – $125,000
Houston, TX2$125,684$125,346 – $126,022
Charlotte, NC1$125,800$125,800 – $125,800

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I47$149,365
Level II77$163,000
Level III39$187,574
Level IV25$220,720

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202316$183,367
202465$165,000
202571$161,500
202653$176,000