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Director of Engineering in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Director of Engineering
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
62
Median offered wage
$260,000
Most common occupation
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Median wage$260,000certified 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 "Director of Engineering" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY202316
FY202415
FY20259
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
98.4%
Employers filing
43
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. Parli, Inc.3
  2. On24, Inc.3
  3. Dil Mil, Inc.3
  4. DoorDash, Inc.3
  5. Sigma Computing, Inc.2
  6. Bastille Networks, Inc.2
  7. Amplitude, Inc.2
  8. Voxel Labs Inc.2
  9. Udemy, Inc.2
  10. Hydrolix, Inc.2
  11. Arizona State University2
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 $260,000; middle half $230,000 to $294,299 · median prevailing wage $230,859 (marker) · 61 applications.

$180k$215k$250k$285k$320k
$180k$215k$250k$285k$320k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II7
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV31
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 "Director of Engineering" appears on 560 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 362 employers for worksites in 176 cities; the median offered wage is $206,302, so the median in San Francisco is 26.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
560
Employers nationwide
362
Cities with filings
176
National median offered wage
$206,302
Share of national filings in San Francisco
11.1%
Cities with the most applications for Director of Engineering
  1. San Francisco, CA62
  2. New York City, NY33
  3. San Jose, CA21
  4. Santa Clara, CA20
  5. San Mateo, CA16
  6. Fremont, CA12
  7. Austin, TX12
  8. Mountain View, CA11
  9. Alpharetta, GA11
  10. Sunnyvale, CA10
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; "Director of Engineering" ranks #88 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Director of Engineering in San Francisco
88
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Computer and Information Systems Managers (all job titles)
$188,991
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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