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Backend Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Backend Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
47
Median offered wage
$170,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$170,000certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY20238
FY20244
FY20257
FY2026*14
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
30
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. Uber Technologies, Inc.5
  2. Spotify USA, Inc.3
  3. Unit21, Inc.3
  4. Plaud Inc.3
  5. Awes.me, Inc.3
  6. Eigen, Inc.2
  7. Sujitech, LLC2
  8. MerQube, Inc.2
  9. Doss Inc.2
  10. Counter Inc.2
  11. Genies, 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 $170,000; middle half $153,750 to $185,480 · median prevailing wage $147,368 (marker) · 47 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II22
  3. Level III10
  4. Level IV6
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 Engineer" appears on 331 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 166 employers for worksites in 78 cities; the median offered wage is $145,000, so the median in San Francisco is 17.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
331
Employers nationwide
166
Cities with filings
78
National median offered wage
$145,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
14.2%
Cities with the most applications for Backend Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA47
  2. New York City, NY37
  3. Sunnyvale, CA22
  4. Austin, TX16
  5. San Jose, CA15
  6. Seattle, WA14
  7. Bellevue, WA11
  8. San Mateo, CA10
  9. South San Francisco, CA9
  10. Palo Alto, CA9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Backend Engineer" ranks #127 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Backend Engineer in San Francisco
127
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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