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Software Development Engineer II in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer II
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
635
Median offered wage
$184,662
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$184,662certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

111221FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
111221FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202273
FY202390
FY2024221
FY2025160
FY2026*91
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 LLC334
  2. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.187
  3. Amazon Web Services, Inc.84
  4. Amazon Data Services, Inc27
  5. Elemental Technologies1
  6. Caspr Biotech LLC1
  7. Workday, 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 $184,662; middle half $174,960 to $195,000 · median prevailing wage $172,931 (marker) · 633 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II558
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 Santa Clara is 13.2% 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 Santa Clara
4.2%
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 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 II" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Software Development Engineer II in Santa Clara
3
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. Senior Software Engineer609
  4. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  5. Staff Software Engineer354
  6. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  7. Process Engineer276
  8. Principal Software Engineer248
  9. Software Development Engineer I231
  10. Software Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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