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Senior Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,559
Median offered wage
$167,025
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$167,025certified 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 Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

210420FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
210420FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022420
FY2023369
FY2024338
FY2025229
FY2026*203
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
136
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. Wal-mart Associates, Inc.989
  2. Uber Technologies, Inc.165
  3. Google LLC103
  4. Niantic, Inc.17
  5. Fiserv Solutions, LLC17
  6. Proofpoint, Inc.17
  7. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.15
  8. Indeed, Inc.8
  9. Maplebear Inc.8
  10. Robert Bosch LLC7
  11. Clari, Inc.7
  12. General Motors Company6
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 $167,025; middle half $150,762 to $180,000 · median prevailing wage $157,477 (marker) · 1,529 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I13
  2. Level II140
  3. Level III654
  4. Level IV78
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 Sunnyvale is 18.5% 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 Sunnyvale
3.9%
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 Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.1% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Sunnyvale
2
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  3. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  4. Software Engineer III960
  5. SR Software Engineer790
  6. Software Development Engineer I532
  7. Software Engineering Applications484
  8. Software Development Engineer III447
  9. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
  10. Data Scientist379
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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