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Development Expert in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Development Expert
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
59
Median offered wage
$187,839
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$187,839certified 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 "Development Expert" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202217
FY202312
FY202411
FY202513
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
98.3%
Employers filing
4
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. Ariba, Inc.25
  2. SAP Labs, LLC21
  3. Successfactors, Inc.11
  4. Sybase, Inc.2
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 $187,839; middle half $172,739 to $204,101 · median prevailing wage $160,416 (marker) · 58 applications.

$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level III8
  2. Level IV7
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 "Development Expert" appears on 146 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 8 employers for worksites in 17 cities; the median offered wage is $180,542, so the median in Palo Alto is 4.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
146
Employers nationwide
8
Cities with filings
17
National median offered wage
$180,542
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
40.4%
Cities with the most applications for Development Expert
  1. Palo Alto, CA59
  2. San Ramon, CA31
  3. Plano, TX13
  4. Bellevue, WA12
  5. Reston, VA8
  6. Newtown Square, PA7
  7. Allen, TX3
  8. Newport Beach, CA3
  9. Hoover, AL2
  10. La Crosse, WI1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Development Expert" ranks #32 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Development Expert in Palo Alto
32
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. Staff Software Engineer161
  10. SR. Software Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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