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Software Engineer in Foster City, CA

Job title · Foster City, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Foster City, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
429
Median offered wage
$167,149
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$167,149certified 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 Foster City.

Applications by fiscal year

53105FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
53105FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202274
FY202384
FY202490
FY202576
FY2026*105
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
59
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. Zoox Inc.297
  2. Nexinfo Solutions, Inc16
  3. Indeed, Inc.15
  4. Exabeam, Inc.6
  5. Replit, Inc.6
  6. Microsoft Corporation5
  7. Visa U.S.A. Inc.5
  8. Coupa Software, Inc.4
  9. Infotech Spectrum, Inc3
  10. Afterpay US, Inc.3
  11. PTC Inc.3
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 $167,149; middle half $147,368 to $187,574 · median prevailing wage $155,605 (marker) · 421 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I42
  2. Level II187
  3. Level III119
  4. Level IV67
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 Foster City is 26.4% 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 Foster City
0.3%
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 Foster City job market

Foster City has 5,507 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,916 job titles and 524 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 7.8% of them.

Applications in Foster City, all job titles
5,507
Job titles filed
1,916
Rank of Software Engineer in Foster City
1
Median offered wage in Foster City, all job titles
$148,783
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Foster City
  1. Senior Software Engineer178
  2. Staff SW Engineer154
  3. SR. SW Engineer113
  4. Director90
  5. Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level62
  6. Data Scientist59
  7. SR. Data Scientist52
  8. Staff Software Engineer52
  9. Validation Engineer48
  10. Staff Data Engineer44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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