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Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,964
Median offered wage
$151,160
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$151,160certified 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 Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

340679FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
340679FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022582
FY2023575
FY2024525
FY2025603
FY2026*679
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
462
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 LLC354
  2. Bytedance Inc.285
  3. Paypal, Inc.199
  4. Cisco Systems, Inc.193
  5. TikTok Inc.169
  6. Zoom Video Communications, Inc.150
  7. Intel Corporation93
  8. WeRide Corp84
  9. Netapp, Inc.83
  10. SRS Consulting Inc.75
  11. Microsoft Corporation71
  12. TT Commerce & Global Services LLC63
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 $151,160; middle half $135,283 to $183,000 · median prevailing wage $146,285 (marker) · 2,915 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I722
  2. Level II921
  3. Level III321
  4. Level IV135
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 Jose is 14.3% 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 Jose
1.9%
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 Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 5.7% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Software Engineer in San Jose
1
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Development Engineer1,223
  2. Senior Software Engineer972
  3. Software Engineer 3804
  4. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  5. Machine Learning Engineer615
  6. Software Developer559
  7. Product Manager454
  8. Member of Technical Staff446
  9. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
  10. Staff Engineer350
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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