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Software Development Engineer - Applications in Cupertino, CA

Job title · Cupertino, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer - Applications
City
Cupertino, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
338
Median offered wage
$188,925
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$188,925certified 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 Development Engineer - Applications" and a worksite in Cupertino.

Applications by fiscal year

73146FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
73146FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Data table
FY2022146
FY2023118
FY202468
FY20256
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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.335
  2. Apple Processing LLC1
  3. Apple Payments Services LLC1
  4. Claris International 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 $188,925; middle half $175,000 to $201,800 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 337 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level III31
  2. Level IV155
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 Development Engineer - Applications" appears on 1,250 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 9 employers for worksites in 21 cities; the median offered wage is $180,000, so the median in Cupertino is 5.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,250
Employers nationwide
9
Cities with filings
21
National median offered wage
$180,000
Share of national filings in Cupertino
27.0%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer - Applications
  1. Cupertino, CA338
  2. Austin, TX322
  3. Sunnyvale, CA315
  4. Seattle, WA133
  5. New York City, NY66
  6. San Diego, CA25
  7. Cary, NC11
  8. Elk Grove, CA8
  9. San Francisco, CA7
  10. Culver City, CA4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Cupertino job market

Cupertino has 15,537 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,963 job titles and 612 employers; "Software Development Engineer - Applications" ranks #6 by applications, with 2.2% of them.

Applications in Cupertino, all job titles
15,537
Job titles filed
1,963
Rank of Software Development Engineer - Applications in Cupertino
6
Median offered wage in Cupertino, all job titles
$175,942
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Cupertino
  1. Software Development Engineer898
  2. Software Development Engineering610
  3. Software Engineering Systems577
  4. Software Development Engineer - Systems481
  5. Machine Learning Engineer406
  6. Software Development Engineer II294
  7. Software Development Engineer - Test293
  8. Engineering Project Manager283
  9. Machine Learning260
  10. Software Engineering Applications227
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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