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Senior Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
972
Median offered wage
$184,080
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$184,080certified 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 Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

147293FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
147293FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022293
FY2023168
FY2024164
FY2025196
FY2026*151
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
239
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. Roku, Inc.199
  2. Paypal, Inc.79
  3. Zoom Video Communications, Inc.54
  4. Splunk Inc.30
  5. BILL Operations LLC29
  6. WeRide Corp23
  7. F5, Inc.22
  8. GlobalLogic Inc.21
  9. Bill.com20
  10. Zscaler, Inc.14
  11. Xilinx, Inc.13
  12. IBM Corporation13
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 $184,080; middle half $159,650 to $205,000 · median prevailing wage $172,931 (marker) · 954 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I23
  2. Level II218
  3. Level III199
  4. Level IV287
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 Jose is 30.6% 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 Jose
2.4%
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 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 Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in San Jose
3
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. Software Engineer 3804
  4. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  5. Machine Learning Engineer615
  6. Software Developer559
  7. Product Manager454
  8. Member of Technical Staff446
  9. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
  10. Staff Engineer350
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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