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Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
59
Median offered wage
$135,699
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,699certified 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 "Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202213
FY20237
FY202416
FY202514
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
28
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. Arup US, Inc.8
  2. Shipt, Inc.7
  3. Sierra Technologies, Inc.5
  4. Indie Technologies, Inc.4
  5. Magical Tome, Inc.4
  6. Keep Truckin, Inc.3
  7. Climate LLC2
  8. Shelton AI, Inc.2
  9. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.2
  10. Dolby Laboratories, Inc.2
  11. Blend Labs Inc.2
  12. HashiCorp, 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 $135,699; middle half $111,642 to $173,808 · median prevailing wage $121,763 (marker) · 59 applications.

$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k
$80k$120k$160k$200k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II31
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV8
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 "Engineer" appears on 2,788 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 593 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $108,060, so the median in San Francisco is 25.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,788
Employers nationwide
593
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$108,060
Share of national filings in San Francisco
2.1%
Cities with the most applications for Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ297
  2. New York City, NY145
  3. San Jose, CA143
  4. Austin, TX112
  5. Glen Allen, VA61
  6. San Francisco, CA59
  7. Omaha, NE58
  8. San Diego, CA57
  9. Chicago, IL54
  10. Sunrise, FL37
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; "Engineer" ranks #98 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Engineer in San Francisco
98
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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