Senior Software Engineer salary in Winston-Salem, NC

Based on 22 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Winston-Salem, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Winston Salem, Lewisville, Clemmons, Kernersville, Advance.

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

Median salary$127,134
Middle 50%$125.5k–$132.8k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $127,067
Filings22FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $123,074 and $183,851.
PercentileSalary
10th$123,074
25th$125,517
50th (median)$127,134
75th$132,750
90th$167,522

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $115k $140k FY2020: median $106,227 (50 filings) FY2021: median $101,000 (20 filings) FY2022: median $109,595 (23 filings) FY2023: median $127,000 (18 filings) FY2024: median $124,037 (10 filings) FY2025: median $127,067 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 50 filings FY20 FY2021: 20 filings FY21 FY2022: 23 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 50
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$106,227$97,080$114,40050
FY2021$101,000$100,778$114,55020
FY2022$109,595$101,192$127,83023
FY2023$127,000$120,000$132,54318
FY2024$124,037$117,083$129,74510
FY2025$127,067$123,937$133,33315
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Winston-Salem's median senior Software Engineer salary of $127,134 is worth about $138,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Winston-Salem = 92.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Winston-Salem, NC area earned a median of $124,130 in May 2025 (1,050 employed). The H-1B median here is $127,134, 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
Inmartoo few4
Amazontoo few3
Herbalife International of Americatoo few3
Ashley Furniture Industriestoo few2
Certec Consultingtoo 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 $105,957 36
Senior · Level III $127,134 22
Expert · Level IV $148,242 28

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$103,584$105,95736
Senior · Level III$123,074$127,13422
Expert · Level IV$148,242$148,24228

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.