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Software Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
902
Median offered wage
$112,321
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$112,321certified 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 San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

133265FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
133265FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022265
FY2023220
FY2024171
FY2025173
FY2026*73
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
184
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.254
  2. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.70
  3. ServiceNow, Inc.60
  4. Google LLC59
  5. Intuit Inc.57
  6. Microsoft Corporation27
  7. Facebook, Inc.22
  8. Whova, Inc.16
  9. Intel Corporation15
  10. NVIDIA Corporation12
  11. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.12
  12. Softclouds, LLC.10
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 $112,321; middle half $102,366 to $129,376 · median prevailing wage $111,322 (marker) · 891 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I86
  2. Level II516
  3. Level III83
  4. Level IV44
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 San Diego is 15.1% 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 San Diego
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 San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 3.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Software Engineer in San Diego
1
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Senior Software Engineer681
  2. Staff Software Engineer426
  3. Software Developer293
  4. Senior Asics Engineer282
  5. Asics Engineer265
  6. Systems Test Engineer189
  7. Staff Asics Engineer183
  8. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  9. Software Development Engineer - Test163
  10. Senior Cellular System Test Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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