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Lead Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Lead Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
33
Median offered wage
$167,710
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$167,710certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
611FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY20235
FY20246
FY20255
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
15
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. Sephora USA, Inc.7
  2. Levi Strauss & Co.5
  3. Wipro Limited4
  4. Target Enterprise, Inc.3
  5. Brillio, LLC2
  6. Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.2
  7. Shadowboxer Studio Inc.2
  8. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.1
  9. Salesforce, Inc.1
  10. Castlight Health, Inc.1
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 $167,710; middle half $148,299 to $187,783 · median prevailing wage $159,858 (marker) · 32 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II9
  3. Level III9
  4. Level IV11
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 Engineer" appears on 1,670 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 301 employers for worksites in 395 cities; the median offered wage is $116,000, so the median in San Francisco is 44.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,670
Employers nationwide
301
Cities with filings
395
National median offered wage
$116,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
2.0%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Engineer
  1. Minneapolis, MN212
  2. Austin, TX60
  3. Sunnyvale, CA46
  4. Richfield, MN43
  5. Brooklyn Park, MN39
  6. San Francisco, CA33
  7. Chicago, IL32
  8. New York City, NY30
  9. San Jose, CA29
  10. Irving, TX28
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; "Lead Engineer" ranks #198 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Lead Engineer in San Francisco
198
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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