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Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
898
Median offered wage
$158,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$158,000certified 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 Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

139278FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
139278FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022278
FY2023160
FY2024123
FY2025196
FY2026*141
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
166
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. Rubrik, Inc.168
  2. Glean Technologies, Inc.63
  3. Google LLC63
  4. Wing Aviation LLC46
  5. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.37
  6. Tesla, Inc.35
  7. Sambanova Systems, Inc.28
  8. Pinterest, Inc.19
  9. Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.15
  10. Clockwork Systems, Inc.15
  11. Cicero Technologies, Inc.13
  12. Aisera, Inc.12
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 $158,000; middle half $145,000 to $183,747 · median prevailing wage $146,830 (marker) · 873 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I244
  2. Level II322
  3. Level III158
  4. Level IV63
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 Palo Alto is 19.5% 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 Palo Alto
0.6%
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 Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 5.3% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Software Engineer in Palo Alto
1
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Member of Technical Staff440
  2. Senior Software Engineer419
  3. Software Development Engineer II360
  4. Applied Scientist II205
  5. Senior Developer181
  6. R&D Engineer Software181
  7. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  8. Staff Software Engineer161
  9. SR. Software Engineer156
  10. Developer149
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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