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Software Engineer, Backend H-1B salaries

Employers filed 92 certified H-1B applications for Software Engineer, Backend roles between May 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $164,070.

Median salary offered
$164,070
Middle half earn
$148,519 to $189,350
Top 10% earn over
$220,000
Certified filings
92

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Motive Technologies, Inc.11$207,900$179,450 – $221,500
Tinder LLC10$149,365$149,271 – $149,365
DoorDash, Inc.7$176,000$161,581 – $176,000
Match Group LLC5$135,283$135,283 – $159,500
Snorkel AI, Inc.4$186,000$161,500 – $200,000
Character Technologies Inc.4$235,000$220,000 – $252,500
Narravance, Inc.2$100,250$98,875 – $101,625
Match Group Americas, LLC2$125,471$115,053 – $135,889
TikTok Inc.2$228,465$220,448 – $236,482
Pure Storage, Inc.2$181,000$180,500 – $181,500
Verkada, Inc2$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Harvey AI Corporation2$203,456$198,428 – $208,484
Bolster, Inc.1$130,853$130,853 – $130,853
Ascension Health Alliance1$101,192$101,192 – $101,192
BILL Operations LLC1$164,140$164,140 – $164,140
Cohesity, Inc.1$172,931$172,931 – $172,931
Commure, Inc.1$148,903$148,903 – $148,903
Decision Lens Inc.1$160,419$160,419 – $160,419
Cboe Global Markets Inc1$158,100$158,100 – $158,100
Hims, Inc.1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Hayden AI Technologies, Inc.1$155,605$155,605 – $155,605
Genies, Inc.1$215,000$215,000 – $215,000
Galileo Financial Technologies1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Formagrid, Inc.1$184,662$184,662 – $184,662
fuboTV Media Inc1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Evolution IQ1$175,000$175,000 – $175,000
Envoy Inc.1$197,500$197,500 – $197,500
Bright Vision Technologies1$123,656$123,656 – $123,656
Match LLC1$115,000$115,000 – $115,000
MagicCube, Inc.1$150,072$150,072 – $150,072
Neutron Holdings Inc.1$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
Procore Technologies, Inc.1$128,502$128,502 – $128,502
Iterable, Inc.1$147,368$147,368 – $147,368
Markit North America, Inc.1$115,000$115,000 – $115,000
Interon IT Solutions LLC1$101,421$101,421 – $101,421
ShopperTrak RCT Corporation1$81,744$81,744 – $81,744
Ramp Business Corporation1$168,000$168,000 – $168,000
Pave Financial, Inc.1$188,000$188,000 – $188,000
Sperta, Inc.1$135,283$135,283 – $135,283
Sumo Logic Inc.1$142,000$142,000 – $142,000
Squarespace, Inc.1$220,000$220,000 – $220,000
Tessera Labs Corporation1$200,000$200,000 – $200,000
Spotnana Technology, Inc.1$165,000$165,000 – $165,000
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC1$290,000$290,000 – $290,000
Turo, Inc.1$161,000$161,000 – $161,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.1$173,600$173,600 – $173,600
Vanta Inc.1$163,000$163,000 – $163,000
Walla Software, Inc.1$140,000$140,000 – $140,000
Wisdom AI, Inc.1$250,000$250,000 – $250,000
X Corp.1$265,000$265,000 – $265,000

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
San Francisco, CA27$176,000$166,000 – $200,650
Palo Alto, CA12$149,365$148,600 – $160,875
San Jose, CA6$206,215$191,000 – $236,482
West Hollywood, CA5$129,287$115,000 – $141,500
Redwood City, CA4$225,000$185,500 – $252,500
Bellevue, WA3$180,000$170,000 – $181,000
New York, NY3$175,000$167,500 – $197,500
San Mateo, CA3$150,000$150,000 – $200,000
Seattle, WA3$153,600$153,600 – $163,600
Sunnyvale, CA3$187,741$181,870 – $193,870
Menlo Park, CA2$220,000$220,000 – $220,000
Redmond, WA2$145,751$137,126 – $154,376
Santa Clara, CA2$140,462$135,658 – $145,267
Austin, TX1$197,500$197,500 – $197,500
Mclean, VA1$125,000$125,000 – $125,000
Kirkland, WA1$158,100$158,100 – $158,100
Irving, TX1$160,419$160,419 – $160,419
Irvine, CA1$103,000$103,000 – $103,000
Harrison, NJ1$164,140$164,140 – $164,140
Frisco, TX1$101,192$101,192 – $101,192

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I28$149,365
Level II37$163,000
Level III16$192,750
Level IV6$219,000

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

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
20238$176,000
202427$160,000
202534$164,070
202623$153,600