Software Engineer salary in Pullman, WA

Based on 31 certified H-1B filings in the Pullman, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026.

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

Median salary$117,395
Middle 50%$90.6k–$117.4k
vs. national median−16%comparison median $139,194
Filings31FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $88,546 and $205,037.
PercentileSalary
10th$88,546
25th$90,570
50th (median)$117,395
75th$117,395
90th$132,579

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $100k $130k FY2020: median $97,968 (10 filings) FY2021: median $88,752 (16 filings) FY2022: median $86,684 (17 filings) FY2025: median $110,552 (19 filings) FY2026: median $117,395 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 9 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 19
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$97,968$79,378$119,60010
FY2021$88,752$83,855$97,27116
FY2022$86,684$79,716$109,30017
FY2023–––8
FY2024–––9
FY2025$110,552$88,546$124,98719
FY2026$117,395$117,395$117,39512

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories$113,97426

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $88,546 11
Mid-level · Level II $117,395 14
Senior · Level III too few 3
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$88,546$88,54611
Mid-level · Level II$117,395$117,39514

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.