H-1B demand profile: Software Developers, R&D. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1296-00, employers filed 471 Labor Condition Applications for Software Developers, R&D positions across 134 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 94.7% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Software Developers, R&D among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Software Developers, R&D. Offered wages on LCAs range from $36,000 at the floor to $350,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $107,006. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Software Developers, R&D. The top sponsor is The University of Chicago with 17 petitions at an average offered wage of $121,130, followed by Children's Hospital Corporation, University of Illinois, National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Geographically, CA leads with 72 filings (avg $142,392), followed by IL, MA, PA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Software Developers, R&D actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.