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MTS 1, Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
MTS 1, Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
642
Median offered wage
$190,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$190,000certified 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 "MTS 1, Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

83165FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
83165FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022118
FY2023153
FY2024165
FY2025129
FY2026*77
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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. Ebay Inc.363
  2. Paypal, Inc.275
  3. Bill Me Later, Inc.3
  4. PayPal Data Services, 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 $190,000; middle half $180,287 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 633 applications.

$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II22
  3. Level III94
  4. Level IV98
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 "MTS 1, Software Engineer" appears on 1,093 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 8 employers for worksites in 76 cities; the median offered wage is $183,600, so the median in San Jose is 3.5% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,093
Employers nationwide
8
Cities with filings
76
National median offered wage
$183,600
Share of national filings in San Jose
58.7%
Cities with the most applications for MTS 1, Software Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA642
  2. Austin, TX146
  3. Bellevue, WA64
  4. San Francisco, CA36
  5. New York City, NY25
  6. Scottsdale, AZ23
  7. Portland, OR16
  8. Chicago, IL14
  9. Washington, DC12
  10. Timonium, MD9
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; "MTS 1, Software Engineer" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of MTS 1, Software Engineer in San Jose
5
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. Machine Learning Engineer615
  6. Software Developer559
  7. Product Manager454
  8. Member of Technical Staff446
  9. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
  10. Staff Engineer350
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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