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Software Development Engineer - Test in Cupertino, CA

Job title · Cupertino, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer - Test
City
Cupertino, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
293
Median offered wage
$181,100
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$181,100certified 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 - Test" and a worksite in Cupertino.

Applications by fiscal year

4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202264
FY202348
FY202439
FY202586
FY2026*56
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
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. Apple Inc.292
  2. Apple Payments Services LLC1
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 $181,100; middle half $164,050 to $198,237 · median prevailing wage $177,511 (marker) · 292 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III34
  4. Level IV72
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 - Test" appears on 672 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 9 employers for worksites in 15 cities; the median offered wage is $174,156, so the median in Cupertino is 4.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
672
Employers nationwide
9
Cities with filings
15
National median offered wage
$174,156
Share of national filings in Cupertino
43.6%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer - Test
  1. Cupertino, CA293
  2. San Diego, CA163
  3. Sunnyvale, CA110
  4. Austin, TX55
  5. Seattle, WA29
  6. San Jose, CA5
  7. New York City, NY5
  8. Beaverton, OR3
  9. Santa Clara, CA2
  10. Culver City, CA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Cupertino job market

Cupertino has 15,537 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,963 job titles and 612 employers; "Software Development Engineer - Test" ranks #8 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in Cupertino, all job titles
15,537
Job titles filed
1,963
Rank of Software Development Engineer - Test in Cupertino
8
Median offered wage in Cupertino, all job titles
$175,942
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Cupertino
  1. Software Development Engineer898
  2. Software Development Engineering610
  3. Software Engineering Systems577
  4. Software Development Engineer - Systems481
  5. Machine Learning Engineer406
  6. Software Development Engineer - Applications338
  7. Software Development Engineer II294
  8. Engineering Project Manager283
  9. Machine Learning260
  10. Software Engineering Applications227
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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