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Software Engineer in Irvine, CA

Job title · Irvine, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Irvine, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
547
Median offered wage
$129,667
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$129,667certified 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 Irvine.

Applications by fiscal year

62123FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
62123FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022114
FY2023122
FY2024123
FY2025111
FY2026*77
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
167
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. Google LLC178
  2. Panasonic Avionics Corporation47
  3. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.21
  4. Speridian Technologies, LLC15
  5. Viant Technology LLC9
  6. Syntiant, Corp.8
  7. James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.5
  8. Fixstars Solutions, Inc.5
  9. Field AI, Inc.5
  10. Popular Tech5
  11. Natsoft Corporation4
  12. Skilltune Technologies Inc4
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 $129,667; middle half $104,857 to $156,295 · median prevailing wage $115,024 (marker) · 540 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I107
  2. Level II316
  3. Level III79
  4. Level IV31
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 Irvine is 2.0% 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 Irvine
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 Irvine job market

Irvine has 14,414 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 5,387 job titles and 2,651 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 3.8% of them.

Applications in Irvine, all job titles
14,414
Job titles filed
5,387
Rank of Software Engineer in Irvine
1
Median offered wage in Irvine, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Irvine
  1. Software Developer367
  2. Software Development Engineer II183
  3. Senior Software Engineer159
  4. Software Development Engineer I136
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar105
  6. Assistant Project Scientist93
  7. Assistant Professor90
  8. Design Engineer89
  9. Business Analyst84
  10. Accountant77
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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