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Senior Research Software Development Engineer

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Senior Research Software Development Engineer insights

Official U.S. DOL records

Total filings46All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Median yearly base salary$164,48044 eligible salary records

Employer names2Distinct reported names

Typical salary range$156,468–$172,691Middle 50% of yearly wages

Filing & salary trends

How reported activity and wages changed over time

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

FY 20241 filings$192,954 median · n=1

*FY 2026 covers Q1–Q3 through June; earlier years cover full fiscal years. Median: certified, positive yearly base wages; nominal USD.

Salary distribution

Where reported yearly base wages concentrate

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

$150k–$175kMost common wage band

$0$125k$250k+

$25k bands · 44 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Final band includes all wages ≥$250k.

Most reported roles

Explore job mix and compare reported wages

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Senior Research Software Development Engineer46

$164,480 median · n=44 eligible

Top 1 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Leading worksite cities

Where filings are concentrated

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Redmond, WA31

$161,599 median · n=29 eligible

Bellevue, WA11

$165,968 median · n=11 eligible

Redmond, WASHINGTON3

$161,400 median · n=3 eligible

New York, NY1

$168,900 median · n=1 eligible

Top 4 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Case outcomes

Certification and withdrawal context

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

95.7%Certified LCAs

Certified44 95.7%

Certified - Withdrawn2 4.3%

Denominator: all 46 matching filings. LCA certification is not a visa approval rate.

Leading employers

Companies with the most matching filings

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

Microsoft Corporation46

$164,480 median · n=44 eligible

Top 1 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Salary benchmarks

Reported wage percentiles, from P10 to P90

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026

$164,480Median reported annual base wage

10th percentile$149,440

25th percentile$156,468

Median (50th)$164,480

75th percentile$172,691

90th percentile$180,931

n=44 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Percentiles describe filings, not unique workers or total compensation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures · FY 2016–2026 (FY 2026 partial) · salary charts exclude non-yearly pay, non-certified cases, and missing or non-positive wages. Coverage & methodology

Salary filing history

46 matching H-1B filings

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Reported base wages in USD · pay period shown beside each amount · select a salary for case details

Employer	Job title	Base salary	Location	Submit date	Start date
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $192,954 /yr I-200-24003-611410 Reported wage: $192,954 / year Annualized: $192,954 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2024 Decision: 2024-01-10 Employment end: 2027-01-09 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	01/03/2024	01/10/2024
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $202,900 /yr I-200-23012-697239 Reported wage: $202,900 / year Annualized: $202,900 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2023 Decision: 2023-01-19 Employment end: 2026-07-12 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	01/12/2023	07/13/2023
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $164,660 /yr I-200-22181-323527 Reported wage: $164,660 / year Annualized: $164,660 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-07-08 Employment end: 2025-07-06 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	06/30/2022	07/07/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $159,715 /yr I-200-22133-168346 Reported wage: $159,715 / year Annualized: $159,715 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-05-20 Employment end: 2025-11-11 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	05/13/2022	11/12/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $159,715 /yr I-200-22126-142689 Reported wage: $159,715 / year Annualized: $159,715 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-05-13 Employment end: 2025-11-03 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	05/06/2022	11/04/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $188,600 /yr I-200-22047-905694 Reported wage: $188,600 / year Annualized: $188,600 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-02-24 Employment end: 2025-08-13 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	02/16/2022	08/14/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $186,730 /yr I-200-22043-897994 Reported wage: $186,730 / year Annualized: $186,730 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-02-18 Employment end: 2025-08-09 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	02/12/2022	08/10/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $165,968 /yr I-200-22021-844028 Reported wage: $165,968 / year Annualized: $165,968 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2022-01-28 Employment end: 2025-04-16 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	01/21/2022	04/17/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $165,143 /yr I-200-21270-607130 Reported wage: $165,143 / year Annualized: $165,143 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2022 Decision: 2021-10-04 Employment end: 2024-09-30 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	09/27/2021	10/01/2021
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $165,968 /yr I-200-21259-587075 Reported wage: $165,968 / year Annualized: $165,968 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-09-23 Employment end: 2025-03-15 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	09/16/2021	03/16/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $180,780 /yr I-200-21256-578625 Reported wage: $180,780 / year Annualized: $180,780 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-09-21 Employment end: 2025-03-12 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	09/13/2021	03/13/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $180,780 /yr I-200-21245-560915 Reported wage: $180,780 / year Annualized: $180,780 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-09-10 Employment end: 2025-03-01 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	09/02/2021	03/02/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $157,668 /yr I-200-21242-552064 Reported wage: $157,668 / year Annualized: $157,668 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-09-07 Employment end: 2025-02-27 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	08/30/2021	02/28/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $172,581 /yr I-200-21239-549361 Reported wage: $172,581 / year Annualized: $172,581 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-09-03 Employment end: 2025-02-25 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	08/27/2021	02/26/2022
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $168,509 /yr I-200-21062-115504 Reported wage: $168,509 / year Annualized: $168,509 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-03-10 Employment end: 2024-07-25 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	03/03/2021	07/26/2021
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $176,230 /yr I-200-21035-054292 Reported wage: $176,230 / year Annualized: $176,230 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2021 Decision: 2021-02-11 Employment end: 2024-08-02 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	02/04/2021	08/03/2021
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $180,995 /yr I-200-20169-659705 Reported wage: $180,995 / year Annualized: $180,995 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-06-24 Employment end: 2023-12-15 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	06/17/2020	12/16/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $162,129 /yr I-200-20155-622050 Reported wage: $162,129 / year Annualized: $162,129 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-06-10 Employment end: 2023-11-30 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	06/03/2020	12/01/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $173,968 /yr I-200-20035-294913 Reported wage: $173,968 / year Annualized: $173,968 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2020-02-10 Employment end: 2023-08-02 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	02/03/2020	08/03/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $174,570 /yr I-200-19304-118644 Reported wage: $174,570 / year Annualized: $174,570 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2019-11-07 Employment end: 2023-04-27 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Bellevue, WA	10/31/2019	04/28/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $159,870 /yr I-200-19302-113637 Reported wage: $159,870 / year Annualized: $159,870 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2020 Decision: 2019-11-05 Employment end: 2023-04-24 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	10/29/2019	04/25/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $173,022 /yr I-200-19241-692080 Reported wage: $173,022–$173,022 / year Annualized: $173,022 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-09-05 Employment end: 2023-02-27 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WASHINGTON	08/29/2019	02/28/2020
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $161,400 /yr I-200-19014-836465 Reported wage: $161,400–$161,400 / year Annualized: $161,400 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2019-01-18 Employment end: 2022-07-11 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WASHINGTON	01/14/2019	07/12/2019
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $156,706 /yr I-200-18352-466828 Reported wage: $156,706–$156,706 / year Annualized: $156,706 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2018-12-26 Employment end: 2022-06-17 Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WASHINGTON	12/18/2018	06/18/2019
Microsoft Corporation	Senior Research Software Development Engineer	Filing details $157,000 /yr I-200-18308-230550 Reported wage: $157,000 / year Annualized: $157,000 Status: Certified Fiscal year: 2019 Decision: 2018-11-09 Employment end: Not disclosed Worker positions: 1 Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.	Redmond, WA	11/05/2018	—

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