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Principal Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Principal Software Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
248
Median offered wage
$207,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$207,000certified 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 "Principal Software Engineer" and a worksite in Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

3060FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3060FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202260
FY202345
FY202453
FY202549
FY2026*41
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
41
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. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.121
  2. First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.12
  3. ServiceNow, Inc.10
  4. NVIDIA Corporation9
  5. Arris Global Services, Inc.8
  6. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.7
  7. Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.7
  8. Microsoft Corporation6
  9. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.6
  10. Ampere Computing LLC5
  11. Veritas Technologies LLC5
  12. Citrix Systems, 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 $207,000; middle half $184,662 to $218,443 · median prevailing wage $192,941 (marker) · 245 applications.

$160k$180k$200k$220k$240k
$160k$180k$200k$220k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II12
  3. Level III24
  4. Level IV91
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 Santa Clara is 26.5% 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 Santa Clara
5.8%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Principal Software Engineer" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Principal Software Engineer in Santa Clara
9
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Software Development Engineer I231
  10. Software Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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