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Senior Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Senior Staff Software Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
188
Median offered wage
$184,080
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$184,080certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

2754FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2754FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202236
FY202335
FY202454
FY202530
FY2026*33
Certified (decided applications)
98.9%
Employers filing
15
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. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.96
  2. ServiceNow, Inc.32
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.28
  4. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.11
  5. Gigamon, Inc.5
  6. Edelman Financial Engines, LLC4
  7. d-MATRiX Corporation2
  8. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.2
  9. Telenav, Inc.2
  10. Cloudera, Inc.1
  11. PlusAI, Inc.1
  12. Dremio Corporation1
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 $184,080; middle half $177,932 to $192,941 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 186 applications.

$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
$160k$175k$190k$205k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III4
  3. Level IV51
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 Santa Clara is 0.6% 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 Santa Clara
19.3%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Senior Staff Software Engineer" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Senior Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara
16
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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