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Data Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
243
Median offered wage
$141,378
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$141,378certified 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 "Data Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202237
FY202338
FY202438
FY202581
FY2026*49
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
89
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. Cisco Systems, Inc.37
  2. TikTok Inc.24
  3. Bytedance Inc.23
  4. Latentview Analytics Corporation16
  5. TSMC Technology, Inc.12
  6. Paypal, Inc.6
  7. Relanto Inc.5
  8. Tesla, Inc.4
  9. Swift Technologies Inc4
  10. Soft Cloud Tech Inc3
  11. Zscaler, Inc.3
  12. Logging-In.com LLC3
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 $141,378; middle half $127,285 to $166,000 · median prevailing wage $137,132 (marker) · 238 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I67
  2. Level II105
  3. Level III24
  4. Level IV12
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 "Data Engineer" appears on 18,712 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,627 employers for worksites in 1,311 cities; the median offered wage is $103,730, so the median in San Jose is 36.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
18,712
Employers nationwide
4,627
Cities with filings
1,311
National median offered wage
$103,730
Share of national filings in San Jose
1.3%
Cities with the most applications for Data Engineer
  1. Irving, TX820
  2. Plano, TX693
  3. New York City, NY641
  4. Menlo Park, CA535
  5. Austin, TX500
  6. Charlotte, NC392
  7. Dallas, TX391
  8. Houston, TX341
  9. Chicago, IL339
  10. Seattle, WA304
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; "Data Engineer" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Data Engineer in San Jose
16
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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