H-1B sponsors for software developers 2026: the top 20 employers

The Department of Labor certified 125,127 H-1B cases for software developers between October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, filed by 14,349 employers. The median offered wage on those cases is $143,561 a year. The 10th percentile is $103,210 and the 90th is $211,524. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most, 6,391. Each case is one certified labor condition application, which an employer files to the department ahead of an H-1B petition, and one case can ask for several workers.

The software developers list holds 32,200 employers hiring software developers on H-1B and PERM filings, from certified cases decided October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The first 200 rows download free. The page sells 32,200 rows for $402, and about 318 rows a month come each week by email for $19 a month.

The top 20 employers for software developers

Ranked by certified fiscal 2026 cases under occupation code 15-1252.

Rank	Employer	Certified cases	Median offered wage
1	Amazon.com Services LLC	6,391	$165,000
2	Google LLC	4,925	$193,000
3	Microsoft Corporation	3,211	$179,000
4	Meta Platforms, Inc	2,734	$216,605
5	Apple Inc.	2,374	$181,100
6	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments	1,926	$125,119
7	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	1,903	$155,000
8	Deloitte Consulting LLP	1,546	$142,663
9	Amazon Web Services, Inc.	1,491	$159,100
10	Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	1,320	$144,715
11	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	1,185	$162,000
12	NVIDIA Corporation	1,001	$184,000
13	Salesforce, Inc.	883	$205,200
14	Capgemini America Inc	798	$135,755
15	Compunnel Software Group, Inc	783	$125,100
16	PayPal, Inc.	695	$160,000
17	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	661	$169,963
18	LinkedIn Corporation	636	$179,079
19	Citibank, N.A.	532	$158,094
20	Randstad Digital, LLC	528	$132,000

Meta Platforms, Inc has the highest median of the 20, $216,605, and Salesforce, Inc. the next, $205,200. Compunnel Software Group, Inc has the lowest, $125,100, just under Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments at $125,119. Three Amazon filers rank on their own: Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. and Amazon Web Services, Inc. Randstad Digital, LLC closes the 20 with 528 cases at $132,000.

Where software developer cases are filed

California has 27,465 cases at a median of $187,574. Texas is close in volume, with 22,381, but its median is $124,800. Washington is third, with 13,863 at $171,600. The other seven states range from 6,500 cases in New York down to 3,320 in Virginia.

Rank	Worksite state	Certified cases	Median offered wage
1	California	27,465	$187,574
2	Texas	22,381	$124,800
3	Washington	13,863	$171,600
4	New York	6,500	$166,000
5	North Carolina	6,136	$130,500
6	Georgia	4,849	$128,462
7	New Jersey	4,764	$135,000
8	Illinois	4,236	$127,587
9	Florida	3,640	$123,219
10	Virginia	3,320	$130,431

Against last year

In the same nine months of fiscal 2025, the department certified 97,971 software developer cases from 13,549 employers. All three counts rose this year. Positions went from 145,307 to 244,174, so this year's 125,127 cases ask for close to two workers each.

For every occupation together, see H-1B sponsors 2026.

How to read these numbers

The occupation is the SOC code on the application. Software developers here means code 15-1252, which the Department of Labor prints as Software Developers. Job titles inside the code vary from employer to employer, since each writes its own.

States are worksite states, from the first worksite on each case. Employer names are as filed and not merged across spellings. The offered wage is the low end of the wage range on the application, made into a yearly figure; the medians and percentiles use the 125,033 cases that print one.

The cases come from the OFLC performance data of the Department of Labor, in the fiscal 2026 labor condition application disclosure file through quarter three.