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Senior Software Engineer in Foster City, CA

Job title · Foster City, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Foster City, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
178
Median offered wage
$196,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$196,000certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Foster City.

Applications by fiscal year

2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2243FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202328
FY202442
FY202538
FY2026*43
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
28
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. Zoox Inc.80
  2. Indeed, Inc.16
  3. Exabeam, Inc.12
  4. Visa Technology & Operations LLC11
  5. Qualys, Inc.10
  6. Conviva, Inc.7
  7. Coupa Software, Inc.6
  8. Cybersource Corporation6
  9. Zuora, Inc.4
  10. LexisNexis USA2
  11. Verinata Health Inc.2
  12. Maplebear 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 $196,000; middle half $160,000 to $213,512 · median prevailing wage $180,960 (marker) · 175 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III49
  4. Level IV78
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 Engineer" appears on 39,714 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5,607 employers for worksites in 1,704 cities; the median offered wage is $140,920, so the median in Foster City is 39.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
39,714
Employers nationwide
5,607
Cities with filings
1,704
National median offered wage
$140,920
Share of national filings in Foster City
0.4%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA2,179
  2. New York City, NY1,919
  3. Sunnyvale, CA1,559
  4. Bentonville, AR1,175
  5. Charlotte, NC1,103
  6. San Jose, CA972
  7. Mountain View, CA942
  8. Seattle, WA910
  9. Irving, TX879
  10. Austin, TX858
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Foster City job market

Foster City has 5,507 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,916 job titles and 524 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.2% of them.

Applications in Foster City, all job titles
5,507
Job titles filed
1,916
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Foster City
2
Median offered wage in Foster City, all job titles
$148,783
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Foster City
  1. Software Engineer429
  2. Staff SW Engineer154
  3. SR. SW Engineer113
  4. Director90
  5. Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level62
  6. Data Scientist59
  7. SR. Data Scientist52
  8. Staff Software Engineer52
  9. Validation Engineer48
  10. Staff Data Engineer44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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