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Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
9,088
Median offered wage
$177,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$177,000certified 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 Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

9951,989FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
9951,989FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20221,609
FY20231,989
FY20241,863
FY20251,928
FY2026*1,699
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
331
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 LLC6,674
  2. Juniper Networks, Inc.438
  3. Facebook, Inc.432
  4. Linkedin Corporation412
  5. Uber Technologies, Inc.209
  6. DoorDash, Inc.130
  7. Microsoft Corporation40
  8. Applied Intuition, Inc.29
  9. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.23
  10. Niantic, Inc.18
  11. Yugabyte, Inc.18
  12. Proofpoint, Inc.17
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 $177,000; middle half $153,000 to $195,000 · median prevailing wage $153,493 (marker) · 8,951 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I546
  2. Level II4,319
  3. Level III1,202
  4. Level IV327
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 Sunnyvale is 33.8% 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 Sunnyvale
5.7%
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 Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 18.3% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Software Engineer in Sunnyvale
1
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  2. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  3. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  4. Software Engineer III960
  5. SR Software Engineer790
  6. Software Development Engineer I532
  7. Software Engineering Applications484
  8. Software Development Engineer III447
  9. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
  10. Data Scientist379
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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