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Lead Application Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Lead Application Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
55
Median offered wage
$139,235
Most common occupation
Sales Engineers
Median wage$139,235certified 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 "Lead Application Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY202310
FY20248
FY20259
FY2026*14
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
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. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.50
  2. Ansys, Inc.5
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 $139,235; middle half $130,354 to $150,093 · median prevailing wage $139,235 (marker) · 55 applications.

$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II21
  2. Level III9
  3. Level IV1
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 "Lead Application Engineer" appears on 179 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 23 employers for worksites in 47 cities; the median offered wage is $130,354, so the median in San Jose is 6.8% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
179
Employers nationwide
23
Cities with filings
47
National median offered wage
$130,354
Share of national filings in San Jose
30.7%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Application Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA55
  2. Austin, TX26
  3. Schaumburg, IL16
  4. Atlanta, GA7
  5. Hillsboro, OR6
  6. Troy, MI4
  7. Irvine, CA4
  8. Canonsburg, PA3
  9. Folsom, CA3
  10. Maumee, OH3
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; "Lead Application Engineer" ranks #107 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Lead Application Engineer in San Jose
107
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Sales Engineers (all job titles)
$140,000
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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