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Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Founding Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
47
Median offered wage
$165,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$165,000certified 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 "Founding Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20222
FY20233
FY20245
FY20258
FY2026*29
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
30
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. Effective AI, Inc.6
  2. Jemi Inc.3
  3. Artie Technologies 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 $165,000; middle half $140,000 to $190,000 · median prevailing wage $155,605 (marker) · 45 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I13
  2. Level II21
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV9
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 "Founding Software Engineer" appears on 102 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 65 employers for worksites in 17 cities; the median offered wage is $161,637, so the median in San Francisco is 2.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
102
Employers nationwide
65
Cities with filings
17
National median offered wage
$161,637
Share of national filings in San Francisco
46.1%
Cities with the most applications for Founding Software Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA47
  2. New York City, NY21
  3. Mountain View, CA8
  4. Palo Alto, CA4
  5. San Mateo, CA4
  6. Miami, FL3
  7. Redwood City, CA2
  8. San Bruno, CA2
  9. Washington, DC2
  10. Houston, TX2
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; "Founding Software Engineer" ranks #127 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Founding Software Engineer in San Francisco
127
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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