Senior Software Engineer salary in Green Bay, WI

Based on 11 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Green Bay, WI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes De Pere, Pulaski, Hobart, Depere, Algoma.

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

Median salary$120,894
Middle 50%$105.9k–$128.8k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $120,723
Filings11FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $103,646 and $140,677.
PercentileSalary
10th$103,646
25th$105,915
50th (median)$120,894
75th$128,814
90th$133,558

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $86,500 (34 filings) FY2021: median $99,528 (27 filings) FY2022: median $99,750 (25 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 34 filings FY20 FY2021: 27 filings FY21 FY2022: 25 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 4 filings FY24 FY2025: 6 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 34
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$86,500$79,500$106,07534
FY2021$99,528$91,902$105,96627
FY2022$99,750$89,565$109,97025
FY2023–––9
FY2024–––4
FY2025–––6
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Green Bay's median senior Software Engineer salary of $120,894 is worth about $129,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Green Bay = 93.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Green Bay, WI area earned a median of $103,160 in May 2025 (860 employed). The H-1B median here is $120,894, 17% higher.

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
Humanatoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $90,376 14
Senior · Level III $120,894 11
Expert · Level IV $137,248 17

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$90,376$90,37614
Senior · Level III$103,646$120,89411
Expert · Level IV$120,723$137,24817

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.