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Principal Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Principal Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
147
Median offered wage
$214,256
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$214,256certified 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 "Principal Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202251
FY202336
FY202427
FY202517
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
68
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. Autodesk, Inc.12
  2. Splunk Inc.11
  3. LendingClub Bank National Association9
  4. Okta, Inc.8
  5. The Gap, Inc.7
  6. Shutterfly, LLC7
  7. Salesforce, Inc.7
  8. Salesforce.com, Inc.5
  9. Mastercard International Incorporated4
  10. SingleStore, Inc.4
  11. Mastercard Technologies, LLC3
  12. Palo Alto Networks, 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 $214,256; middle half $183,310 to $241,795 · median prevailing wage $181,116 (marker) · 142 applications.

$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II12
  3. Level III22
  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 "Principal Software Engineer" appears on 4,283 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,044 employers for worksites in 579 cities; the median offered wage is $163,654, so the median in San Francisco is 30.9% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,283
Employers nationwide
1,044
Cities with filings
579
National median offered wage
$163,654
Share of national filings in San Francisco
3.4%
Cities with the most applications for Principal Software Engineer
  1. Santa Clara, CA248
  2. San Jose, CA225
  3. Sunnyvale, CA174
  4. San Francisco, CA147
  5. Austin, TX111
  6. Mountain View, CA84
  7. O'Fallon, MO71
  8. Dallas, TX70
  9. Richardson, TX67
  10. San Mateo, CA67
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; "Principal Software Engineer" ranks #38 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Principal Software Engineer in San Francisco
38
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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