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Senior Software Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
681
Median offered wage
$126,880
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$126,880certified 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 San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

95189FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
95189FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022189
FY2023160
FY2024140
FY2025136
FY2026*56
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
96
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.259
  2. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.88
  3. Intuit Inc.75
  4. ServiceNow, Inc.49
  5. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC22
  6. ResMed Digital Health Inc.10
  7. Lytx, Inc.9
  8. Brain Corporation8
  9. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.8
  10. GoFundMe, Inc.7
  11. Becton, Dickinson and Company6
  12. Mango Technologies, Inc.6
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 $126,880; middle half $111,322 to $141,578 · median prevailing wage $121,597 (marker) · 673 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II382
  3. Level III193
  4. Level IV44
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 San Diego is 10.0% below 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 San Diego
1.7%
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 San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 2.7% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in San Diego
2
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Staff Software Engineer426
  3. Software Developer293
  4. Senior Asics Engineer282
  5. Asics Engineer265
  6. Systems Test Engineer189
  7. Staff Asics Engineer183
  8. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  9. Software Development Engineer - Test163
  10. Senior Cellular System Test Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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