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Software Development Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
125
Median offered wage
$163,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$163,000certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202240
FY202330
FY202420
FY202522
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
99.2%
Employers filing
18
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.58
  2. Fortinet, Inc.16
  3. GoDaddy.com, LLC15
  4. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.9
  5. Workday, Inc.6
  6. Zymebalanz LLC3
  7. Hitachi Vantara LLC3
  8. Amazon.com Services LLC2
  9. Ngusoft Inc2
  10. Autodesk, Inc.2
  11. Techbow LLC2
  12. Magna Electronics, 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 $163,000; middle half $135,283 to $193,950 · median prevailing wage $157,477 (marker) · 123 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I15
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III6
  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 Santa Clara is 11.4% 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 Santa Clara
1.6%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Software Development Engineer" ranks #29 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Software Development Engineer in Santa Clara
29
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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