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Software Engineer in Berkeley, CA

Job title · Berkeley, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Berkeley, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
45
Median offered wage
$147,368
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$147,368certified 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" and a worksite in Berkeley.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY20238
FY202410
FY20256
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
25
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. Typical Set, LLC8
  2. Microsoft Corporation6
  3. Coinbase, Inc.3
  4. JITX Inc.2
  5. HS Solutions Inc2
  6. Lacework, Inc.2
  7. Center for Applied Rationality2
  8. Siemens Corporation1
  9. Terabase Energy, 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 $147,368; middle half $132,724 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $132,870 (marker) · 45 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I16
  2. Level II17
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV4
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" appears on 158,483 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11,784 employers for worksites in 2,549 cities; the median offered wage is $132,267, so the median in Berkeley is 11.4% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
158,483
Employers nationwide
11,784
Cities with filings
2,549
National median offered wage
$132,267
Share of national filings in Berkeley
0.0%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA11,923
  2. Redmond, WA9,634
  3. Sunnyvale, CA9,088
  4. New York City, NY7,682
  5. Menlo Park, CA6,399
  6. San Francisco, CA5,831
  7. Seattle, WA5,057
  8. Bellevue, WA4,743
  9. Irving, TX3,499
  10. San Jose, CA2,964
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Berkeley job market

Berkeley has 3,006 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,126 job titles and 463 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.5% of them.

Applications in Berkeley, all job titles
3,006
Job titles filed
1,126
Rank of Software Engineer in Berkeley
6
Median offered wage in Berkeley, all job titles
$108,798
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Berkeley
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar Employee338
  2. Assistant Project Scientist146
  3. Assistant Professor142
  4. Postdoc56
  5. Computer Systems Engineer 350
  6. Lecturer43
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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