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Senior Software Developer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Developer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
54
Median offered wage
$159,040
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$159,040certified 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 Software Developer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1223FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1223FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202223
FY202313
FY20245
FY20259
FY2026*4
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
16
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. Kforce Inc.21
  2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.18
  3. The Gap, Inc.2
  4. Atlassian, Inc.1
  5. IBM Corporation1
  6. Elite Innovative Solutions Inc1
  7. Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc.1
  8. Randstad Technologies, LLC1
  9. Redfin Corporation1
  10. ASI X Inc.1
  11. TechZoom Inc1
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 $159,040; middle half $144,795 to $173,750 · median prevailing wage $151,486 (marker) · 54 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV16
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 Software Developer" appears on 7,772 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,526 employers for worksites in 963 cities; the median offered wage is $120,000, so the median in San Francisco is 32.5% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
7,772
Employers nationwide
1,526
Cities with filings
963
National median offered wage
$120,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
0.7%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Developer
  1. Charlotte, NC437
  2. Atlanta, GA238
  3. Plano, TX234
  4. Irving, TX213
  5. Westlake, TX175
  6. Dallas, TX143
  7. Austin, TX136
  8. New York City, NY127
  9. Chicago, IL123
  10. Pittsburgh, PA120
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 Software Developer" ranks #109 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Software Developer in San Francisco
109
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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