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Software Developer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
293
Median offered wage
$121,597
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$121,597certified 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 "Software Developer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

3468FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3468FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202254
FY202361
FY202468
FY202553
FY2026*57
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
114
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. Apple Inc.42
  2. Sysintelli, Inc26
  3. Oracle America, Inc.24
  4. Shubh Solutions LLC15
  5. Compunnel Software Group, Inc8
  6. Data Solutions, Inc.7
  7. Altimetrik Corp6
  8. Sailotech Inc5
  9. Smallboard.com5
  10. P2P Softtek LLC5
  11. The California Medical Innovations Institute, Inc.4
  12. VAStek Inc.4
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 $121,597; middle half $101,754 to $130,197 · median prevailing wage $120,224 (marker) · 290 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I70
  2. Level II154
  3. Level III43
  4. Level IV12
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 "Software Developer" appears on 108,158 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 9,400 employers for worksites in 2,706 cities; the median offered wage is $100,000, so the median in San Diego is 21.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
108,158
Employers nationwide
9,400
Cities with filings
2,706
National median offered wage
$100,000
Share of national filings in San Diego
0.3%
Cities with the most applications for Software Developer
  1. Irving, TX5,444
  2. Plano, TX3,748
  3. Houston, TX3,067
  4. Austin, TX2,341
  5. Charlotte, NC2,223
  6. Frisco, TX2,135
  7. Dallas, TX2,056
  8. Alpharetta, GA2,024
  9. Atlanta, GA1,697
  10. New York City, NY1,600
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; "Software Developer" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Software Developer in San Diego
4
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. Senior Asics Engineer282
  5. Asics Engineer265
  6. Systems Test Engineer189
  7. Staff Asics Engineer183
  8. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  9. Software Development Engineer - Test163
  10. Senior Cellular System Test Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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