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Software Engineer II in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer II
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
148
Median offered wage
$145,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$145,000certified 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 Engineer II" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2040FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202238
FY202340
FY202419
FY202523
FY2026*28
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
47
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. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.32
  2. BILL Operations LLC18
  3. Twitter, Inc.14
  4. F5, Inc.14
  5. Didi Research America, LLC8
  6. The Trade Desk, Inc.5
  7. Bill.com5
  8. Akamai Technologies, Inc.3
  9. Brex Inc.3
  10. Teladoc Health, Inc.3
  11. Zendesk, Inc.3
  12. Qualtrics, 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 $145,000; middle half $132,000 to $157,688 · median prevailing wage $135,283 (marker) · 147 applications.

$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I20
  2. Level II70
  3. Level III9
  4. Level IV1
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 Jose is 16.0% 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 Jose
2.1%
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 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 Engineer II" ranks #26 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Software Engineer II in San Jose
26
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. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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