Senior Software Engineer salary in Little Rock, AR

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Conway, North Little Rock, Maumelle, Littlerock, Jacksonville.

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

Median salary$106,050
Middle 50%$101.3k–$118.9k
vs. all levels here+22%comparison median $87,000
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $101,317 and $139,399.
PercentileSalary
10th$101,317
25th$101,317
50th (median)$106,050
75th$118,850
90th$124,568

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $95k $120k FY2020: median $86,000 (15 filings) FY2021: median $84,000 (24 filings) FY2022: median $104,775 (28 filings) FY2023: median $103,350 (16 filings) FY2024: median $101,317 (15 filings) FY2026: median $105,000 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 15 filings FY20 FY2021: 24 filings FY21 FY2022: 28 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 9 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 28
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$86,000$85,176$90,80015
FY2021$84,000$82,805$90,50024
FY2022$104,775$80,750$115,56428
FY2023$103,350$88,876$117,86616
FY2024$101,317$92,997$125,00015
FY2025–––9
FY2026$105,000$101,317$114,36515

Cost of living

Little Rock's median senior Software Engineer salary of $106,050 is worth about $118,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Little Rock = 89.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Little Rock, AR area earned a median of $104,070 in May 2025 (1,590 employed). The H-1B median here is $106,050, 2% 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
Aariv Technologiestoo few3
Opala Healthtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $69,500 24
Mid-level · Level II $84,427 76
Senior · Level III $106,050 24
Expert · Level IV $152,855 12

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$67,517$69,50024
Mid-level · Level II$83,450$84,42776
Senior · Level III$101,317$106,05024
Expert · Level IV$118,227$152,85512

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.