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Software Engineering in Mountain View, CA

Job title · Mountain View, California

Job title as filed
Software Engineering
City
Mountain View, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
913
Median offered wage
$195,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$195,000certified 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 Engineering" and a worksite in Mountain View.

Applications by fiscal year

207414FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
207414FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20231
FY2024249
FY2025414
FY2026*249
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
3
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. Microsoft Corporation906
  2. Google LLC6
  3. General Motors Company1
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 $195,000; middle half $173,027 to $217,355 · median prevailing wage $190,811 (marker) · 913 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I26
  2. Level II128
  3. Level III159
  4. Level IV88
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 Engineering" appears on 12,980 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 49 employers for worksites in 475 cities; the median offered wage is $169,280, so the median in Mountain View is 15.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
12,980
Employers nationwide
49
Cities with filings
475
National median offered wage
$169,280
Share of national filings in Mountain View
7.0%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineering
  1. Redmond, WA8,895
  2. Mountain View, CA913
  3. Atlanta, GA489
  4. New York City, NY179
  5. Austin, TX152
  6. Charlotte, NC99
  7. Irving, TX98
  8. San Jose, CA93
  9. San Francisco, CA80
  10. Bellevue, WA77
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Mountain View job market

Mountain View has 32,943 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,870 job titles and 1,462 employers; "Software Engineering" ranks #3 by applications, with 2.8% of them.

Applications in Mountain View, all job titles
32,943
Job titles filed
6,870
Rank of Software Engineering in Mountain View
3
Median offered wage in Mountain View, all job titles
$178,755
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Mountain View
  1. Software Engineer11,923
  2. Senior Software Engineer942
  3. Research Scientist439
  4. Staff Software Engineer419
  5. Product Manager418
  6. Data Scientist415
  7. Technical Program Manager372
  8. Silicon Engineer250
  9. Program Manager210
  10. Hardware Engineer205
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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