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Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,179
Median offered wage
$187,120
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$187,120certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

333665FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
333665FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022665
FY2023410
FY2024421
FY2025375
FY2026*308
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
471
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. Airbnb, Inc.168
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc.145
  3. Chime Financial, Inc.93
  4. Bloomberg, LP65
  5. Maplebear Inc.46
  6. Databricks, Inc.44
  7. People Center, Inc.41
  8. Affirm, Inc.40
  9. Autodesk, Inc.39
  10. Cruise LLC35
  11. Turo, Inc.35
  12. Ripple Labs, Inc.34
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 $187,120; middle half $170,000 to $209,180 · median prevailing wage $167,710 (marker) · 2,140 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I25
  2. Level II452
  3. Level III918
  4. Level IV623
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 Francisco is 32.8% 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 San Francisco
5.5%
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 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 Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.5% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco
2
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. Associate727
  3. Staff Software Engineer723
  4. Software Engineering Smts719
  5. Data Scientist702
  6. Product Manager678
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  8. Engineering Manager520
  9. Member of Technical Staff517
  10. Software Engineering Lmts481
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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