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Software Development Engineer I in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer I
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
231
Median offered wage
$146,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$146,500certified 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 I" and a worksite in Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

3060FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3060FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202242
FY202348
FY202460
FY202551
FY2026*30
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5
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. Amazon.com Services LLC86
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.81
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.54
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc9
  5. Cradlepoint, 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 $146,500; middle half $131,297 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $135,283 (marker) · 227 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I213
  2. Level II1
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 I" appears on 9,321 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 80 employers for worksites in 210 cities; the median offered wage is $129,000, so the median in Santa Clara is 13.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
9,321
Employers nationwide
80
Cities with filings
210
National median offered wage
$129,000
Share of national filings in Santa Clara
2.5%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer I
  1. Seattle, WA3,414
  2. Austin, TX622
  3. Bellevue, WA615
  4. Sunnyvale, CA532
  5. New York City, NY516
  6. Arlington, VA442
  7. East Palo Alto, CA308
  8. Santa Clara, CA231
  9. San Francisco, CA225
  10. Boston, MA225
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 Development Engineer I" ranks #10 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Software Development Engineer I in Santa Clara
10
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 Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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