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Software Developer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
257
Median offered wage
$133,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$133,000certified 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 "Software Developer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

4692FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4692FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202292
FY202354
FY202445
FY202536
FY2026*30
Certified (decided applications)
97.2%
Employers filing
151
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. Compunnel Software Group, Inc16
  2. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.11
  3. Gar Technologies Inc9
  4. IBM Corporation7
  5. Soft Parch LLC5
  6. GeekyAnts, Inc5
  7. Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.4
  8. Robosoft Technologies Inc.4
  9. Oracle America, Inc.4
  10. HTC Global Services Inc.4
  11. TechZoom Inc3
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 $133,000; middle half $121,763 to $155,605 · median prevailing wage $132,870 (marker) · 244 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I71
  2. Level II145
  3. Level III24
  4. Level IV11
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 Francisco is 33.0% 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 Francisco
0.2%
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 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; "Software Developer" ranks #21 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Software Developer in San Francisco
21
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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