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Senior Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
94
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$150,000certified 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 "Senior Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202311
FY202417
FY202522
FY2026*17
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
33
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. Shipt, Inc.20
  2. Arup US, Inc.13
  3. Sephora USA, Inc.6
  4. Postman, Inc.6
  5. Target Enterprise, Inc.4
  6. Polychain Capital LP4
  7. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.4
  8. Nabih Youssef & Associates3
  9. Lea Elliott, Inc.2
  10. Forell/elsesser Engineers, Inc.2
  11. 1life Healthcare, Inc.2
  12. Culture Amp 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 $150,000; middle half $129,000 to $183,500 · median prevailing wage $144,726 (marker) · 91 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II28
  3. Level III28
  4. Level IV17
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 Engineer" appears on 4,123 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 716 employers for worksites in 572 cities; the median offered wage is $135,606, so the median in San Francisco is 10.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,123
Employers nationwide
716
Cities with filings
572
National median offered wage
$135,606
Share of national filings in San Francisco
2.3%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ541
  2. Austin, TX311
  3. San Jose, CA233
  4. New York City, NY231
  5. Minneapolis, MN149
  6. Boston, MA135
  7. San Francisco, CA94
  8. Chicago, IL87
  9. Sunrise, FL73
  10. San Diego, CA68
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; "Senior Engineer" ranks #58 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Engineer in San Francisco
58
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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