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Software Development Engineer I in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer I
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
532
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 Development Engineer I" and a worksite in Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

107214FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
107214FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022214
FY2023122
FY202497
FY202574
FY2026*25
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
7
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 LLC421
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.64
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.41
  4. Amazon Advertising LLC3
  5. Amazon Media Venture LLC1
  6. Amazon Data Services, Inc1
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 $126,144 to $149,365 · median prevailing wage $115,586 (marker) · 530 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I515
  2. Level II2
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 Sunnyvale is 13.4% 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 Sunnyvale
5.7%
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 Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Software Development Engineer I" ranks #7 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Software Development Engineer I in Sunnyvale
7
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  3. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  4. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  5. Software Engineer III960
  6. SR Software Engineer790
  7. Software Engineering Applications484
  8. Software Development Engineer III447
  9. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
  10. Data Scientist379
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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