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Software Engineer in South San Francisco, CA

Job title · South San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
South San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
221
Median offered wage
$156,800
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$156,800certified 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 South San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

3570FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3570FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202270
FY202342
FY202439
FY202530
FY2026*40
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
26
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. Stripe, Inc.140
  2. Verily Life Sciences LLC32
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.12
  4. Zipline International Inc.7
  5. Google LLC2
  6. Pike Solutions Inc2
  7. Genentech, Inc.2
  8. Nuvo Technologies, Inc.2
  9. Zymebalanz LLC2
  10. Twenty Twenty Therapeutics LLC2
  11. Lambdanets services LLC2
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 $156,800; middle half $141,000 to $181,272 · median prevailing wage $144,726 (marker) · 216 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I34
  2. Level II84
  3. Level III60
  4. Level IV33
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 South San Francisco is 18.5% 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 South San Francisco
0.1%
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 South San Francisco job market

South San Francisco has 4,017 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,850 job titles and 505 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 5.5% of them.

Applications in South San Francisco, all job titles
4,017
Job titles filed
1,850
Rank of Software Engineer in South San Francisco
1
Median offered wage in South San Francisco, all job titles
$141,003
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in South San Francisco
  1. Scientist108
  2. Business Technology Solutions Consultant46
  3. Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant43
  4. Data Scientist43
  5. Senior Research Associate40
  6. Senior Scientist39
  7. Decision Analytics Consultant38
  8. Backend/api Engineer31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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