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Application Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Application Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
91
Median offered wage
$129,890
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$129,890certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Application Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202327
FY202420
FY202512
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
22
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation30
  2. Advantest America, Inc.15
  3. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.13
  4. Credo Semiconductor, Inc.6
  5. Quadrant Solutions Incorporated4
  6. Davinchi Inc4
  7. dSPACE, Inc.2
  8. Rtec-Instruments, Inc.2
  9. Ampro ADLINK Technology, Inc.2
  10. Ansys, Inc.1
  11. Hitachi Energy USA Inc.1
  12. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $129,890; middle half $108,722 to $157,477 · median prevailing wage $125,195 (marker) · 90 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I22
  2. Level II20
  3. Level III13
  4. Level IV4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Application Engineer" appears on 2,071 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 409 employers for worksites in 309 cities; the median offered wage is $105,454, so the median in San Jose is 23.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,071
Employers nationwide
409
Cities with filings
309
National median offered wage
$105,454
Share of national filings in San Jose
4.4%
Cities with the most applications for Application Engineer
  1. Riverwoods, IL626
  2. Austin, TX111
  3. Sunnyvale, CA109
  4. San Jose, CA91
  5. Santa Clara, CA62
  6. Houston, TX56
  7. Hillsboro, OR40
  8. Schaumburg, IL35
  9. Mountain View, CA34
  10. Floral Park, NY30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Application Engineer" ranks #60 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Application Engineer in San Jose
60
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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