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Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Senior Staff Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
60
Median offered wage
$200,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$200,000certified 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 Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202222
FY20239
FY202413
FY202511
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
96.7%
Employers filing
24
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. Zscaler, Inc.14
  2. BILL Operations LLC6
  3. A10 Networks, Inc.4
  4. Bill.com4
  5. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.3
  6. Paypal, Inc.3
  7. Spirent Communications, Inc.3
  8. Ivanti, Inc.3
  9. WeRide Corp3
  10. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.2
  11. Black Sesame Technologies Inc2
  12. Netgear, 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 $200,000; middle half $184,310 to $235,000 · median prevailing wage $189,370 (marker) · 58 applications.

$180k$200k$220k$240k$260k
$180k$200k$220k$240k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II1
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV34
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 Jose is 9.3% 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 Jose
6.2%
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 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 Staff Software Engineer" ranks #93 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Senior Staff Software Engineer in San Jose
93
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. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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