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Software Engineer in Carlsbad, CA

Job title · Carlsbad, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Carlsbad, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
92
Median offered wage
$125,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$125,000certified 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" and a worksite in Carlsbad.

Applications by fiscal year

1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202317
FY202421
FY202513
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
22
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. Viasat, Inc.41
  2. Cisco Systems, Inc.9
  3. Sigma Connectivity Inc.7
  4. Ezoic, Inc.5
  5. The Mathworks, Inc.4
  6. Facebook, Inc.3
  7. KET Systems LLC2
  8. Technosoft Group Inc2
  9. Airspace Technologies Inc.2
  10. Positive Group LLC2
  11. Nice North America LLC2
  12. Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc.2
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 $125,000; middle half $111,322 to $135,400 · median prevailing wage $111,322 (marker) · 91 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I20
  2. Level II56
  3. Level III10
  4. Level IV6
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 Carlsbad is 5.5% below 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 Carlsbad
0.1%
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 Carlsbad job market

Carlsbad has 1,546 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 884 job titles and 338 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 6.0% of them.

Applications in Carlsbad, all job titles
1,546
Job titles filed
884
Rank of Software Engineer in Carlsbad
1
Median offered wage in Carlsbad, all job titles
$121,722
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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