Software Engineer salary in Savannah, GA

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings in the Savannah, GA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Guyton, Richmond Hill.

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

Median salary$109,500
Middle 50%$100.5k–$143.1k
vs. national median−21%comparison median $139,194
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $74,184 and $214,878.
PercentileSalary
10th$87,334
25th$100,500
50th (median)$109,500
75th$143,140
90th$173,731

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $110k $130k FY2024: median $116,802 (16 filings) FY2025: median $111,284 (12 filings) FY2026: median $106,326 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 16
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–––8
FY2021–––3
FY2022–––9
FY2023–––9
FY2024$116,802$97,110$138,30016
FY2025$111,284$99,085$139,69612
FY2026$106,326$100,500$139,34210

Cost of living

Savannah's median Software Engineer salary of $109,500 is worth about $115,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Savannah = 95.2).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Savannah, GA area earned a median of $123,220 in May 2025 (440 employed). The H-1B median here is $109,500, 11% lower.

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

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Gulfstream Aerospace$110,00011
Micromantoo 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 $102,000 11
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$93,933$102,00011

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.