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Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
5,831
Median offered wage
$170,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$170,000certified 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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

8061,612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
8061,612FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,612
FY20231,215
FY20241,012
FY20251,001
FY2026*991
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
794
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 LLC551
  2. DoorDash, Inc.423
  3. Uber Technologies, Inc.208
  4. Lyft, Inc.180
  5. Databricks, Inc.174
  6. Pinterest, Inc.171
  7. Facebook, Inc.151
  8. Airbnb, Inc.150
  9. Salesforce, Inc.143
  10. Yelp Inc.130
  11. Dropbox, Inc.127
  12. Asana, Inc.89
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 $170,000; middle half $147,100 to $194,600 · median prevailing wage $147,368 (marker) · 5,717 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I655
  2. Level II2,479
  3. Level III1,381
  4. Level IV952
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 Francisco is 28.5% 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 San Francisco
3.7%
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 Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 9.3% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Software Engineer in San Francisco
1
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  2. Associate727
  3. Staff Software Engineer723
  4. Software Engineering Smts719
  5. Data Scientist702
  6. Product Manager678
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  8. Engineering Manager520
  9. Member of Technical Staff517
  10. Software Engineering Lmts481
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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