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Software Development Engineer in Test in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer in Test
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
97
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$150,000certified 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 in Test" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202316
FY202427
FY202523
FY2026*22
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. TikTok Inc.33
  2. Bytedance Inc.30
  3. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC16
  4. Edvenswa Tech Inc7
  5. Akamai Technologies, Inc.2
  6. TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc.1
  7. Meghaz Inc.1
  8. Slesha Inc1
  9. Sonos, Inc.1
  10. Paypal, Inc.1
  11. Vividiansoft Inc.1
  12. Adobe 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 $150,000; middle half $127,396 to $202,475 · median prevailing wage $130,894 (marker) · 95 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I34
  2. Level II37
  3. Level III15
  4. Level IV7
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 in Test" appears on 1,727 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 577 employers for worksites in 382 cities; the median offered wage is $100,000, so the median in San Jose is 50.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,727
Employers nationwide
577
Cities with filings
382
National median offered wage
$100,000
Share of national filings in San Jose
5.6%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer in Test
  1. San Jose, CA97
  2. Atlanta, GA76
  3. Irving, TX63
  4. Plano, TX52
  5. Dallas, TX50
  6. Westlake, TX45
  7. Bellevue, WA42
  8. Austin, TX40
  9. Seattle, WA36
  10. Redmond, WA30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Software Development Engineer in Test" ranks #54 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Software Development Engineer in Test in San Jose
54
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (all job titles)
$101,234
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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