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Senior Software Engineer in Oakland, CA

Job title · Oakland, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Oakland, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
151
Median offered wage
$172,875
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$172,875certified 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 Oakland.

Applications by fiscal year

2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202257
FY202335
FY202423
FY202518
FY2026*18
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
37
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. Delta Dental of California27
  2. Marqeta, Inc.26
  3. Credit Karma LLC21
  4. Sirius XM Radio Inc.11
  5. Fivetran, Inc.9
  6. Kohl's, Inc.7
  7. Bedrock Analytics Corporation4
  8. Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California3
  9. Everlaw, Inc.3
  10. Coinbase, Inc.3
  11. Intuit Inc.3
  12. U.S. Bank National Association2
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 $172,875; middle half $160,000 to $195,000 · median prevailing wage $158,080 (marker) · 150 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II42
  3. Level III44
  4. Level IV50
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 Oakland is 22.7% 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 Oakland
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 Oakland job market

Oakland has 4,436 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,779 job titles and 978 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.4% of them.

Applications in Oakland, all job titles
4,436
Job titles filed
1,779
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Oakland
2
Median offered wage in Oakland, all job titles
$135,803
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Oakland
  1. Software Engineer183
  2. Software Developer67
  3. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects57
  4. Speech Language Pathologist57
  5. Transportation Engineer (civil)49
  6. Architect48
  7. Project Engineer41
  8. Data Scientist41
  9. Public School Teacher37
  10. Staff Software Engineer34
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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