Software Engineer salary in York, PA

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings in the York-Hanover, PA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Dillsburg, East York, New Cumberland, Spring Grove.

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

Median salary$100,400
Middle 50%$90.8k–$111.5k
vs. national median−28%comparison median $139,194
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $77,271 and $143,617.
PercentileSalary
10th$90,626
25th$90,813
50th (median)$100,400
75th$111,548
90th$129,898

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $90k $120k FY2020: median $76,125 (30 filings) FY2021: median $85,000 (17 filings) FY2022: median $88,746 (16 filings) FY2023: median $97,323 (17 filings) FY2024: median $90,626 (28 filings) FY2025: median $105,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 30 filings FY20 FY2021: 17 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 28 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 30
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$76,125$71,157$94,68730
FY2021$85,000$74,006$94,59817
FY2022$88,746$77,115$104,00016
FY2023$97,323$80,787$115,00017
FY2024$90,626$84,862$110,98128
FY2025$105,000$90,626$111,06411
FY2026–––8

Cost of living

York's median Software Engineer salary of $100,400 is worth about $104,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; York = 96.0).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the York, PA area earned a median of $114,600 in May 2025 (720 employed). The H-1B median here is $100,400, 12% 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
ECOM Consulting Incorporatedtoo few2
LTIMindtreetoo 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 $91,822 10
Senior · Level III – 0
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
Mid-level · Level II$90,626$91,82210

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.