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Software Development Engineering in Cupertino, CA

Job title · Cupertino, California

Job title as filed
Software Development Engineering
City
Cupertino, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
610
Median offered wage
$198,395
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$198,395certified 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 Engineering" and a worksite in Cupertino.

Applications by fiscal year

167333FY2024FY2025FY2026*
167333FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20243
FY2025333
FY2026*274
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
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.608
  2. AC Wellness Network LLC2
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 $198,395; middle half $174,462 to $219,536 · median prevailing wage $196,530 (marker) · 608 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I6
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV106
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 Engineering" appears on 1,129 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5 employers for worksites in 21 cities; the median offered wage is $186,142, so the median in Cupertino is 6.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,129
Employers nationwide
5
Cities with filings
21
National median offered wage
$186,142
Share of national filings in Cupertino
54.0%
Cities with the most applications for Software Development Engineering
  1. Cupertino, CA610
  2. Seattle, WA177
  3. Sunnyvale, CA108
  4. Austin, TX83
  5. Santa Clara, CA45
  6. San Diego, CA40
  7. San Francisco, CA23
  8. New York City, NY15
  9. Beaverton, OR5
  10. Cambridge, MA3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Cupertino job market

Cupertino has 15,537 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,963 job titles and 612 employers; "Software Development Engineering" ranks #2 by applications, with 3.9% of them.

Applications in Cupertino, all job titles
15,537
Job titles filed
1,963
Rank of Software Development Engineering in Cupertino
2
Median offered wage in Cupertino, all job titles
$175,942
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Cupertino
  1. Software Development Engineer898
  2. Software Engineering Systems577
  3. Software Development Engineer - Systems481
  4. Machine Learning Engineer406
  5. Software Development Engineer - Applications338
  6. Software Development Engineer II294
  7. Software Development Engineer - Test293
  8. Engineering Project Manager283
  9. Machine Learning260
  10. Software Engineering Applications227
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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