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Senior Software Development Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Development Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
59
Median offered wage
$170,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$170,000certified 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 Software Development Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
815FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202312
FY20249
FY202514
FY2026*15
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
15
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. Zoom Video Communications, Inc.19
  2. Adobe Inc.14
  3. Zscaler, Inc.6
  4. Tesla, Inc.4
  5. Infinera Corporation4
  6. Bytedance Inc.2
  7. Musarubra US, LLC2
  8. DTEN, Inc.1
  9. Xilinx, Inc.1
  10. Bill.com1
  11. Multicoreware Inc1
  12. Zillow, 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 $170,000; middle half $150,632 to $190,326 · median prevailing wage $167,149 (marker) · 59 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II4
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV13
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 Development Engineer" appears on 1,632 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 241 employers for worksites in 283 cities; the median offered wage is $148,949, so the median in San Jose is 14.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,632
Employers nationwide
241
Cities with filings
283
National median offered wage
$148,949
Share of national filings in San Jose
3.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Development Engineer
  1. Seattle, WA254
  2. Fremont, CA99
  3. Austin, TX75
  4. Bellevue, WA60
  5. San Jose, CA59
  6. Parsippany, NJ56
  7. Atlanta, GA49
  8. Palo Alto, CA46
  9. Redmond, WA40
  10. Chicago, IL37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Senior Software Development Engineer" ranks #96 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Senior Software Development Engineer in San Jose
96
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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