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Software Developer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Software Developer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
224
Median offered wage
$146,307
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$146,307certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3263FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202263
FY202358
FY202444
FY202540
FY2026*19
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
95
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. Oracle America, Inc.75
  2. Yempover Inc.11
  3. Propel Infotech Inc10
  4. Hashcode Technologies, Inc7
  5. Transnative Associates, Inc4
  6. DecorMatters, Inc.3
  7. Compunnel Software Group, Inc3
  8. Information Technology and Management Consulting, Inc.3
  9. RxCloud3
  10. Ojas Innovative Technologies Inc3
  11. P2P Softtek LLC2
  12. Sunlight Technologies Inc2
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 $146,307; middle half $130,894 to $181,374 · median prevailing wage $145,073 (marker) · 217 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I67
  2. Level II75
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV17
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 Santa Clara is 46.3% 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 Santa Clara
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 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; "Software Developer" ranks #11 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Software Developer in Santa Clara
11
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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