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Senior Developer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Senior Developer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
181
Median offered wage
$159,122
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$159,122certified 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 "Senior Developer" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202238
FY202329
FY202438
FY202540
FY2026*36
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
6
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. Ariba, Inc.72
  2. SAP Labs, LLC69
  3. Successfactors, Inc.32
  4. SAP America, Inc.5
  5. Concur Technologies, Inc.2
  6. Sybase, 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 $159,122; middle half $147,765 to $171,032 · median prevailing wage $145,886 (marker) · 180 applications.

$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II3
  2. Level III10
  3. Level IV2
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 "Senior Developer" appears on 2,255 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 521 employers for worksites in 429 cities; the median offered wage is $125,950, so the median in Palo Alto is 26.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,255
Employers nationwide
521
Cities with filings
429
National median offered wage
$125,950
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
8.0%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Developer
  1. Palo Alto, CA181
  2. New York City, NY129
  3. Atlanta, GA104
  4. Chicago, IL64
  5. Irving, TX63
  6. Plano, TX62
  7. Jacksonville, FL57
  8. Bellevue, WA47
  9. San Ramon, CA40
  10. Reston, VA39
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Senior Developer" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Senior Developer in Palo Alto
6
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. R&D Engineer Software181
  7. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  8. Staff Software Engineer161
  9. SR. Software Engineer156
  10. Developer149
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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