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Software Engineer in Santa Monica, CA

Job title · Santa Monica, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Santa Monica, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
58
Median offered wage
$135,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,000certified 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 Santa Monica.

Applications by fiscal year

1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202221
FY202313
FY202411
FY20257
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
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. Perform Consulting24
  2. Facebook, Inc.5
  3. Idelji Corporation2
  4. Disney Streaming Technology LLC2
  5. Houzz, Inc.2
  6. Snap Inc.2
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.2
  8. Ipolarity LLC2
  9. Northstar Group Inc1
  10. Alamedatech Solutions LLC1
  11. Collectly, Inc.1
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 $135,000; middle half $120,000 to $155,000 · median prevailing wage $121,222 (marker) · 55 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III30
  4. Level IV10
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 Monica is 2.1% 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 Monica
0.0%
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 Monica job market

Santa Monica has 3,449 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,465 job titles and 619 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in Santa Monica, all job titles
3,449
Job titles filed
1,465
Rank of Software Engineer in Santa Monica
4
Median offered wage in Santa Monica, all job titles
$137,259
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Monica
  1. Software Engineer (4)135
  2. Software Development Engineer II96
  3. Senior Software Engineer74
  4. Software Development Engineer I51
  5. Software Developer42
  6. Software Engineer (3)36
  7. Lead Software Engineer32
  8. Associate31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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