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Software Engineer II in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer II
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
322
Median offered wage
$158,900
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$158,900certified 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 Engineer II" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

53106FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
53106FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022106
FY202356
FY202457
FY202550
FY2026*53
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
85
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. Twitter, Inc.48
  2. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC46
  3. Pinterest, Inc.26
  4. Uber Technologies, Inc.22
  5. Brex Inc.15
  6. Aurora Innovation, Inc.11
  7. Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.11
  8. People Center, Inc.10
  9. Ripple Labs, Inc.8
  10. Zendesk, Inc.7
  11. Yanka Industries, Inc.5
  12. Prosper Marketplace, Inc.4
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 $158,900; middle half $145,000 to $171,730 · median prevailing wage $135,699 (marker) · 319 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I40
  2. Level II209
  3. Level III44
  4. Level IV15
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 Engineer II" appears on 7,180 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,149 employers for worksites in 719 cities; the median offered wage is $125,000, so the median in San Francisco is 27.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
7,180
Employers nationwide
1,149
Cities with filings
719
National median offered wage
$125,000
Share of national filings in San Francisco
4.5%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer II
  1. Boston, MA376
  2. Seattle, WA371
  3. San Francisco, CA322
  4. New York City, NY299
  5. Bellevue, WA193
  6. Atlanta, GA187
  7. Austin, TX161
  8. San Jose, CA148
  9. Palo Alto, CA147
  10. Mountain View, CA146
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 Engineer II" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

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