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Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
2,663
Median offered wage
$157,477
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$157,477certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

307613FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
307613FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022604
FY2023465
FY2024581
FY2025613
FY2026*400
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
260
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. NVIDIA Corporation810
  2. Intel Corporation677
  3. Arista Networks, Inc.218
  4. ServiceNow, Inc.175
  5. Applied Materials, Inc.59
  6. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.37
  7. Versa Networks, Inc.34
  8. Microsoft Corporation30
  9. Eightfold AI Inc.21
  10. Facebook, Inc.21
  11. Nexthop Systems Inc20
  12. GS Soft Inc18
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 $157,477; middle half $135,283 to $185,027 · median prevailing wage $157,477 (marker) · 2,636 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I262
  2. Level II387
  3. Level III285
  4. Level IV299
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 Santa Clara is 19.1% 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 Santa Clara
1.7%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 8.0% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Software Engineer in Santa Clara
1
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Component Design Engineer950
  2. Software Development Engineer II635
  3. Senior Software Engineer609
  4. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  5. Staff Software Engineer354
  6. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  7. Process Engineer276
  8. Principal Software Engineer248
  9. Software Development Engineer I231
  10. Software Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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