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Software Engineer in Redwood City, CA

Job title · Redwood City, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Redwood City, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
258
Median offered wage
$148,450
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$148,450certified 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 Redwood City.

Applications by fiscal year

3774FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3774FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202274
FY202365
FY202450
FY202548
FY2026*21
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
82
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. Box, Inc.41
  2. Informatica LLC17
  3. Electronic Arts, Inc.12
  4. Fireworks.ai, Inc.12
  5. Lmi, Inc.12
  6. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.11
  7. Luminary Cloud, Inc.7
  8. Bear Robotics, Inc.6
  9. Snorkel AI, Inc.6
  10. Tempus Labs, Inc.6
  11. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC5
  12. Riot Games, Inc.5
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 $148,450; middle half $132,975 to $175,000 · median prevailing wage $134,007 (marker) · 256 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I41
  2. Level II122
  3. Level III45
  4. Level IV36
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 Redwood City is 12.2% 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 Redwood City
0.2%
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 Redwood City job market

Redwood City has 5,348 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,204 job titles and 693 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 4.8% of them.

Applications in Redwood City, all job titles
5,348
Job titles filed
2,204
Rank of Software Engineer in Redwood City
1
Median offered wage in Redwood City, all job titles
$155,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Redwood City
  1. Senior Software Engineer241
  2. Data Scientist77
  3. Software Engineer II69
  4. Staff Software Engineer64
  5. Software Engineer III59
  6. Senior Data Scientist58
  7. Senior Product Manager42
  8. Product Manager41
  9. Software Engineer, Applications39
  10. Principal Software Engineer38
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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