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Software Development Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
91
Median offered wage
$145,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$145,500certified 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" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

2141FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2141FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202241
FY202319
FY202416
FY20258
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
98.9%
Employers filing
21
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.57
  2. Mitchell International Inc.6
  3. Adobe Inc.3
  4. Altimetrik Corp2
  5. 3D Systems, Inc.2
  6. Classy, Inc.2
  7. ArcTrade, Inc.2
  8. Code Acuity, Inc.2
  9. Tesla, Inc.2
  10. VAStek Inc.2
  11. Expedia, Inc.1
  12. ResMed Digital Health 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 $145,500; middle half $128,360 to $171,080 · median prevailing wage $130,187 (marker) · 89 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III25
  4. Level IV31
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" appears on 7,593 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 697 employers for worksites in 495 cities; the median offered wage is $146,328, so the median in San Diego is 0.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
7,593
Employers nationwide
697
Cities with filings
495
National median offered wage
$146,328
Share of national filings in San Diego
1.2%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA1,223
  2. Seattle, WA1,174
  3. Cupertino, CA898
  4. Austin, TX524
  5. Sunnyvale, CA275
  6. Fremont, CA223
  7. San Francisco, CA222
  8. Redlands, CA138
  9. New York City, NY126
  10. Santa Clara, CA125
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Software Development Engineer" ranks #35 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Software Development Engineer in San Diego
35
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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