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Software Engineer in Oakland, CA

Job title · Oakland, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Oakland, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
183
Median offered wage
$155,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$155,000certified 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 Oakland.

Applications by fiscal year

2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2651FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202251
FY202343
FY202434
FY202525
FY2026*30
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
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. Block, Inc.47
  2. Everlaw, Inc.28
  3. Marqeta, Inc.22
  4. Delta Dental of California5
  5. Afterpay US, Inc.3
  6. SRS Consulting Inc.3
  7. Intuit Inc.3
  8. Intellibee, Inc.3
  9. Quest IT Solutions, Inc3
  10. Lacework, Inc.3
  11. Better Holdco, 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 $155,000; middle half $132,870 to $184,546 · median prevailing wage $144,726 (marker) · 175 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I29
  2. Level II78
  3. Level III41
  4. Level IV27
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 Oakland is 17.2% 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 Oakland
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 Oakland job market

Oakland has 4,436 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,779 job titles and 978 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.1% of them.

Applications in Oakland, all job titles
4,436
Job titles filed
1,779
Rank of Software Engineer in Oakland
1
Median offered wage in Oakland, all job titles
$135,803
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Oakland
  1. Senior Software Engineer151
  2. Software Developer67
  3. Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects57
  4. Speech Language Pathologist57
  5. Transportation Engineer (civil)49
  6. Architect48
  7. Project Engineer41
  8. Data Scientist41
  9. Public School Teacher37
  10. Staff Software Engineer34
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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