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Backend Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Backend Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
74
Median offered wage
$188,680
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$188,680certified 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 Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1325FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221
FY202310
FY202423
FY202525
FY2026*15
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
6
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. Bytedance Inc.29
  2. TikTok Inc.27
  3. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC12
  4. Turing Video2
  5. Sibros Technologies Inc.2
  6. IBM Corporation2
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 $188,680; middle half $163,000 to $226,138 · median prevailing wage $172,931 (marker) · 73 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I20
  2. Level II21
  3. Level III13
  4. Level IV11
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 Software Engineer" appears on 326 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 88 employers for worksites in 70 cities; the median offered wage is $165,000, so the median in San Jose is 14.4% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
326
Employers nationwide
88
Cities with filings
70
National median offered wage
$165,000
Share of national filings in San Jose
22.7%
Cities with the most applications for Backend Software Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA74
  2. Bellevue, WA68
  3. Mountain View, CA23
  4. San Francisco, CA17
  5. New York City, NY11
  6. Irvine, CA10
  7. Culver City, CA8
  8. Seattle, WA8
  9. San Mateo, CA8
  10. Austin, TX8
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; "Backend Software Engineer" ranks #77 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Backend Software Engineer in San Jose
77
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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