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Software Development Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
275
Median offered wage
$164,790
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$164,790certified 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 Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202255
FY202381
FY202467
FY202548
FY2026*24
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
20
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. Fortinet, Inc.101
  2. Apple Inc.85
  3. Nokia of America Corporation51
  4. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.11
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC5
  6. Oath Holdings Inc.3
  7. Xunjing Technology Inc.3
  8. Classy, Inc.2
  9. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC2
  10. Point Stone Technology Limited Company2
  11. Hogarth California LLC1
  12. Environmental Systems Research Institute, 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 $164,790; middle half $141,408 to $192,941 · median prevailing wage $157,477 (marker) · 274 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II61
  3. Level III21
  4. Level IV33
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 Sunnyvale is 12.6% 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 Sunnyvale
3.6%
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 Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Software Development Engineer" ranks #18 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Software Development Engineer in Sunnyvale
18
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  3. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  4. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  5. Software Engineer III960
  6. SR Software Engineer790
  7. Software Development Engineer I532
  8. Software Engineering Applications484
  9. Software Development Engineer III447
  10. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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