Software Engineer salary in St. Cloud, MN

Based on 11 certified H-1B filings in the St. Cloud, MN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Saint Cloud, Sartell, St Cloud.

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

Median salary$111,280
Middle 50%$90k–$135.9k
vs. national median−20%comparison median $139,194
Filings11FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $72,113 and $179,676.
PercentileSalary
10th$76,606
25th$90,006
50th (median)$111,280
75th$135,949
90th$149,760

Cost of living

St. Cloud's median Software Engineer salary of $111,280 is worth about $127,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Cloud = 87.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the St. Cloud, MN area earned a median of $103,000 in May 2025 (420 employed). The H-1B median here is $111,280, 8% higher.

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
Total Experttoo 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 – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.