Entry-level Software Engineer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 4,722 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Plano, Irving, Westlake, Frisco, Mckinney.

Also listed as: Software Developer, Software Development Engineer, SDE

Median salary$90,896
Middle 50%$84.1k–$91k
vs. all levels here−21%comparison median $114,420
Filings4,722FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $84,094 and $139,650.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,094
25th$84,094
50th (median)$90,896
75th$91,000
90th$104,436

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $77,605 (1,048 filings) FY2021: median $76,900 (1,371 filings) FY2022: median $76,898 (2,397 filings) FY2023: median $81,000 (2,642 filings) FY2024: median $82,100 (3,627 filings) FY2025: median $84,100 (3,312 filings) FY2026: median $90,896 (1,410 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1,048 filings FY20 FY2021: 1,371 filings FY21 FY2022: 2,397 filings FY22 FY2023: 2,642 filings FY23 FY2024: 3,627 filings FY24 FY2025: 3,312 filings FY25 FY2026: 1,410 filings FY26 3,627
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$77,605$77,605$80,0001,048
FY2021$76,900$76,752$85,0001,371
FY2022$76,898$76,898$83,2002,397
FY2023$81,000$80,850$85,0002,642
FY2024$82,100$82,056$84,5753,627
FY2025$84,100$84,094$90,8963,312
FY2026$90,896$90,896$96,6941,410

Cost of living

Dallas's median entry-level Software Engineer salary of $90,896 is worth about $88,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $133,290 in May 2025 (67,030 employed). The H-1B median here is $90,896, 32% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazon$123,500132
Fidelity Investments$84,09490
Deloitte$91,35086
Paycom Payroll$103,00057
Goldman Sachs$103,40047
Infovision$87,25034
Sage It$84,09431
Softworld Technologies$84,50030
Ven Solutions$84,09430
Cortracker$84,09428

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $90,896 4,722
Mid-level · Level II $112,923 17,666
Senior · Level III $135,000 5,970
Expert · Level IV $160,000 5,287

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$84,094$90,8964,722
Mid-level · Level II$105,997$112,92317,666
Senior · Level III$134,971$135,0005,970
Expert · Level IV$156,998$160,0005,287

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.