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Software Development Engineer II in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer II
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
426
Median offered wage
$180,367
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$180,367certified 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 II" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

64127FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
64127FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022127
FY2023118
FY202471
FY202581
FY2026*29
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
14
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 LLC291
  2. Twitch Interactive, Inc.55
  3. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.35
  4. Amazon Web Services, Inc.15
  5. Goodreads LLC13
  6. TechCorp Solutions Inc.7
  7. Alexa Internet2
  8. NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC2
  9. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC1
  10. WarnerMedia Services, LLC1
  11. Amazon Data Services, Inc1
  12. Mapbox, 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 $180,367; middle half $165,200 to $195,000 · median prevailing wage $132,870 (marker) · 419 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II414
  3. Level III2
  4. Level IV3
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 II" appears on 15,049 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 151 employers for worksites in 309 cities; the median offered wage is $163,185, so the median in San Francisco is 10.5% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
15,049
Employers nationwide
151
Cities with filings
309
National median offered wage
$163,185
Share of national filings in San Francisco
2.8%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer II
  1. Seattle, WA4,848
  2. Sunnyvale, CA1,225
  3. Bellevue, WA1,101
  4. New York City, NY967
  5. Austin, TX871
  6. Santa Clara, CA635
  7. East Palo Alto, CA544
  8. Arlington, VA437
  9. San Francisco, CA426
  10. Palo Alto, CA360
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 Development Engineer II" ranks #12 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Software Development Engineer II in San Francisco
12
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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