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Software Engineer in Los Angeles, CA

Job title · Los Angeles, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Los Angeles, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
663
Median offered wage
$149,136
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$149,136certified 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 Los Angeles.

Applications by fiscal year

80159FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
80159FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022135
FY2023159
FY2024131
FY2025138
FY2026*100
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
185
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 LLC219
  2. Facebook, Inc.79
  3. Riot Games, Inc.28
  4. Netflix, Inc.25
  5. DoorDash, Inc.20
  6. Microsoft Corporation14
  7. CSS Payroll Co LP10
  8. HeyGen Technology Inc.6
  9. Coinbase, Inc.6
  10. Skilltune Technologies Inc5
  11. Techture Inc5
  12. Deviation Games, LLC5
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 $149,136; middle half $129,000 to $172,216 · median prevailing wage $124,987 (marker) · 654 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I74
  2. Level II305
  3. Level III118
  4. Level IV127
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 Los Angeles is 12.8% 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 Los Angeles
0.4%
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 Los Angeles job market

Los Angeles has 19,929 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,000 job titles and 4,329 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 3.3% of them.

Applications in Los Angeles, all job titles
19,929
Job titles filed
7,000
Rank of Software Engineer in Los Angeles
1
Median offered wage in Los Angeles, all job titles
$107,869
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Los Angeles
  1. Associate319
  2. Assistant Professor291
  3. Postdoctoral Scholar256
  4. Senior Associate169
  5. Designer165
  6. Software Developer162
  7. Assistant Project Scientist160
  8. Research Associate158
  9. Manager147
  10. Senior Software Engineer135
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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