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Software Engineer in San Mateo, CA

Job title · San Mateo, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
San Mateo, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
644
Median offered wage
$152,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$152,500certified 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 Mateo.

Applications by fiscal year

72143FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
72143FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022143
FY2023140
FY2024126
FY2025142
FY2026*93
Certified (decided applications)
99.2%
Employers filing
131
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. Roblox Corporation93
  2. Verkada, Inc87
  3. Snowflake Inc.70
  4. Ixl Learning, Inc.64
  5. Guidewire Software, Inc.25
  6. SnapLogic, Inc.20
  7. mPulse Mobile, Inc.16
  8. Facebook, Inc.12
  9. Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc.11
  10. Rockset, Inc.8
  11. Alluxio, Inc.8
  12. Zealth, Inc.8
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 $152,500; middle half $135,000 to $185,000 · median prevailing wage $135,699 (marker) · 631 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I173
  2. Level II256
  3. Level III101
  4. Level IV93
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 Mateo is 15.3% 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 Mateo
0.4%
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 Mateo job market

San Mateo has 5,842 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 2,275 job titles and 942 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 11.0% of them.

Applications in San Mateo, all job titles
5,842
Job titles filed
2,275
Rank of Software Engineer in San Mateo
1
Median offered wage in San Mateo, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Mateo
  1. Senior Software Engineer555
  2. Principal Software Engineer67
  3. Senior Product Manager63
  4. Data Scientist62
  5. Senior Data Scientist58
  6. Staff Software Engineer53
  7. Product Manager49
  8. Senior Machine Learning Engineer47
  9. Consultant40
  10. Data Engineer40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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