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Software Development Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,223
Median offered wage
$175,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$175,000certified 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" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

160319FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
160319FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022201
FY2023145
FY2024263
FY2025319
FY2026*295
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
40
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.964
  2. Zoom Video Communications, Inc.167
  3. Xilinx, Inc.16
  4. Bytedance Inc.7
  5. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation7
  6. Expedia, Inc.5
  7. Tesla, Inc.5
  8. DTEN, Inc.4
  9. Mcafee, LLC4
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.3
  11. Zscaler, Inc.3
  12. Harmonic, Inc.3
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 $175,000; middle half $149,575 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $165,182 (marker) · 1,204 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I122
  2. Level II263
  3. Level III101
  4. Level IV140
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 Jose is 19.6% 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 Jose
16.1%
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 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" ranks #2 by applications, with 2.4% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Software Development Engineer in San Jose
2
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Senior Software Engineer972
  3. Software Engineer 3804
  4. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  5. Machine Learning Engineer615
  6. Software Developer559
  7. Product Manager454
  8. Member of Technical Staff446
  9. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
  10. Staff Engineer350
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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