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Backend/api Engineer in South San Francisco, CA

Job title · South San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Backend/api Engineer
City
South San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
31
Median offered wage
$181,272
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$181,272certified 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 "Backend/api Engineer" and a worksite in South San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY20237
FY202414
FY20253
FY2026*1
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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. Stripe, Inc.31
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 $181,272; middle half $169,520 to $188,802 · median prevailing wage $181,272 (marker) · 31 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV10
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 "Backend/api Engineer" appears on 74 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1 employers for worksites in 12 cities; the median offered wage is $169,229, so the median in South San Francisco is 7.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
74
Employers nationwide
1
Cities with filings
12
National median offered wage
$169,229
Share of national filings in South San Francisco
41.9%
Cities with the most applications for Backend/api Engineer
  1. South San Francisco, CA31
  2. Seattle, WA20
  3. New York City, NY11
  4. Sunnyvale, CA2
  5. Aldie, VA2
  6. Chicago, IL2
  7. Leander, TX1
  8. Morgan Hill, CA1
  9. Memphis, TN1
  10. Charlotte, NC1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The South San Francisco job market

South San Francisco has 4,017 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,850 job titles and 505 employers; "Backend/api Engineer" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in South San Francisco, all job titles
4,017
Job titles filed
1,850
Rank of Backend/api Engineer in South San Francisco
9
Median offered wage in South San Francisco, all job titles
$141,003
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in South San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer221
  2. Scientist108
  3. Business Technology Solutions Consultant46
  4. Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant43
  5. Data Scientist43
  6. Senior Research Associate40
  7. Senior Scientist39
  8. Decision Analytics Consultant38
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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