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Senior Software Engineer in Santa Monica, CA

Job title · Santa Monica, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Santa Monica, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
74
Median offered wage
$165,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$165,000certified 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 Santa Monica.

Applications by fiscal year

1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202221
FY202317
FY202416
FY202517
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
26
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. Hulu, LLC24
  2. ZipRecruiter, Inc.6
  3. Activision Publishing, Inc.4
  4. InVenture Capital Corporation4
  5. Cornerstone Ondemand, Inc.4
  6. Headspace, Inc.4
  7. Gumgum, Inc.3
  8. Disney Streaming Technology LLC3
  9. Personalized Beauty Discovery, Inc.2
  10. Bezel Inc.2
  11. Netflix, Inc.2
  12. Route App, 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 $165,000; middle half $154,750 to $176,134 · median prevailing wage $147,410 (marker) · 71 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II5
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV43
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 Santa Monica is 17.1% 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 Santa Monica
0.2%
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 Santa Monica job market

Santa Monica has 3,449 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,465 job titles and 619 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 2.1% of them.

Applications in Santa Monica, all job titles
3,449
Job titles filed
1,465
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Santa Monica
3
Median offered wage in Santa Monica, all job titles
$137,259
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Monica
  1. Software Engineer (4)135
  2. Software Development Engineer II96
  3. Software Engineer58
  4. Software Development Engineer I51
  5. Software Developer42
  6. Software Engineer (3)36
  7. Lead Software Engineer32
  8. Associate31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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