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Software Developers H-1B Salary Percentiles in Minnesota

Across 4,874 H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Software Developers in Minnesota filed in FY2024–FY2026, the median offered salary was $117,437, and the middle half of offers fell between $101,192 and $137,550. Enter an offer to see where it ranks.

Median offer
$117,437FY2024–FY2026
Middle half
$101.2k–$137.6k25th to 75th percentile
Most offers
$85.7k–$153.6k10th to 90th percentile
Filings
4,874with a wage, FY2024–FY2026

Where does your offer rank?

Compare an annual base salary with 4,874 Software Developers offers in Minnesota, FY2024–FY2026. It is ranked in your browser.

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Base salary before tax, bonus and equity — the figure an LCA reports.

Enter an offer to see its percentile among 4,874 Software Developers filings in Minnesota.

How Software Developers offers in Minnesota are distributed

Middle 90% of filings (5th to 95th percentile). Bar height is the share of filings per wage band; lines mark the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile.
Distribution of annual offered wages for Software Developers in Minnesota, FY2024–FY2026
Annual offered wageShare of filings
$81.9k–$90k7.6%
$90k–$100k8.4%
$100k–$110k21.3%
$110k–$120k10.3%
$120k–$130k14.4%
$130k–$140k10.9%
$140k–$150k10.1%
$150k–$160k4.6%
$160k–$166.4k2.5%

Software Developers salary percentiles in Minnesota

Annual offered wage at each percentile, FY2024–FY2026 (4,874 filings).

PercentileAnnual offer
10th$85,650
25th$101,192
Median$117,437
75th$137,550
90th$153,570

Prevailing-wage levels I–IV in Minnesota

The Department of Labor sets a prevailing wage at four levels. An offer must meet the prevailing wage for the level the job is filed at.

LevelShare of filingsTypical prevailing wageMedian offer
Level I10%$83,720$84,500
Level II44%$99,694$104,000
Level III21%$122,741$125,798
Level IV24%$141,898$145,018

The level describes the job, not the pay. It is set by the role’s education, experience and supervision requirements, so an offer above the Level III figure is not thereby a Level III job. The typical prevailing wage is the median across filings in Minnesota; the actual rate depends on the worksite’s metro area — look it up in the Department of Labor’s OFLC Wage Search.

Shares are of the 4,522 filings with a recorded level; 352 had none. Levels with fewer than 25 filings are not shown. Wage levels, explained.

What the biggest sponsors offered in Minnesota

Median offered wage per employer for Software Developers, FY2024–FY2026 — employers with at least 25 filings in that window.

How to read these numbers

Is the offered wage the same as take-home pay?
No. It is the gross annual wage the employer stated on the Labor Condition Application — before tax, and excluding bonus, equity and benefits. Where a range was filed, the lower bound is used, because that is the wage the employer is bound to. How wages are normalised.
What are these percentiles based on?
Offered wages on H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the Department of Labor for this occupation and worksite state in FY2024–FY2026, annualised and limited to $20,000–$1,000,000. An LCA is not a visa, and a filed wage is not proof of what was eventually paid. What an LCA is.
Why only the last three fiscal years?
Pay moves over time, so ranking a current offer against older filings would overstate where it falls. FY2026 may still be partial: the Department of Labor releases disclosure data quarterly, so its counts can grow in a later update.
How exact is the percentile?
It is interpolated between the published 5th, 10th, … 95th percentiles, so treat it as approximate. Offers outside the 5th–95th range are reported as below or above it, and cells with fewer than 100 filings are rounded to the nearest 5. The full method.
Do the wage levels tell me which level my job is?
No. The level on a filing is set by the job’s requirements — education, experience and supervision — not by the salary, and the actual prevailing wage depends on the metro area of the worksite. The figures here are medians across filings; the Department of Labor’s OFLC Wage Search gives the official rate for a specific area. OFLC Wage Search (DOL).
Why is my occupation or state missing?
The calculator covers occupations and states with a published Sponsor Finder breakdown, and only where at least 25 offered wages were filed in the window. Smaller combinations are omitted rather than shown with unreliable numbers.
Is this legal or immigration advice?
No. It is an estimate from public filing data, meant as context when weighing an offer. For decisions about a specific petition or wage, consult an immigration attorney.