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Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Senior Staff Software Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
137
Median offered wage
$171,080
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$171,080certified 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 Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

1632FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1632FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202232
FY202329
FY202432
FY202531
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
12
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.80
  2. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.28
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.8
  4. Intuit Inc.6
  5. Illumina, Inc.5
  6. Codefied Inc2
  7. ServiceNow, Inc.2
  8. Insulet Corporation2
  9. Qualcomm Incorporated1
  10. d-MATRiX Corporation1
  11. Inseego Wireless, Inc.1
  12. Sony Electronics, Inc.1
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 $171,080; middle half $155,397 to $177,154 · median prevailing wage $171,080 (marker) · 136 applications.

$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
$140k$155k$170k$185k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II1
  2. Level III1
  3. Level IV126
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 Staff Software Engineer" appears on 974 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 199 employers for worksites in 162 cities; the median offered wage is $183,000, so the median in San Diego is 6.5% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
974
Employers nationwide
199
Cities with filings
162
National median offered wage
$183,000
Share of national filings in San Diego
14.1%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Staff Software Engineer
  1. Santa Clara, CA188
  2. San Diego, CA137
  3. San Francisco, CA64
  4. Mountain View, CA62
  5. San Jose, CA60
  6. Austin, TX29
  7. Hartford, CT19
  8. Seattle, WA18
  9. Pleasanton, CA17
  10. Fremont, CA16
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 Staff Software Engineer" ranks #17 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Diego
17
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. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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