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Software Development Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
222
Median offered wage
$167,081
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$167,081certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

2856FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2856FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202249
FY202334
FY202444
FY202556
FY2026*39
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
16
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. Adobe Inc.119
  2. Autodesk, Inc.33
  3. Expedia, Inc.23
  4. Apple Inc.20
  5. Hotwire, Inc.7
  6. Zillow, Inc.4
  7. Nium, Inc.3
  8. Cisco Systems, Inc.3
  9. LiveRamp, Inc.2
  10. Avasa IT Solutions LLC2
  11. Fastly, 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 $167,081; middle half $147,382 to $186,995 · median prevailing wage $156,438 (marker) · 220 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II66
  3. Level III33
  4. Level IV48
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 Francisco is 14.2% above 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 Francisco
2.9%
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 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" ranks #27 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Software Development Engineer in San Francisco
27
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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