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Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Senior Staff Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
64
Median offered wage
$225,250
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$225,250certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202219
FY202312
FY202410
FY202513
FY2026*10
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. The Gap, Inc.19
  2. Minted LLC5
  3. Sysdig, Inc.5
  4. Airbnb, Inc.4
  5. Turo, Inc.3
  6. Ripple Labs, Inc.3
  7. Social Finance, Inc.3
  8. Checkr, Inc.2
  9. Zendesk, Inc.2
  10. Coinbase, Inc.2
  11. Prosper Marketplace, Inc.1
  12. Yanka Industries, 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 $225,250; middle half $187,001 to $250,000 · median prevailing wage $183,310 (marker) · 63 applications.

$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
$160k$190k$220k$250k$280k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II1
  2. Level III17
  3. Level IV45
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 Francisco is 23.1% above 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 Francisco
6.6%
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 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 Staff Software Engineer" ranks #85 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco
85
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. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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