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SR. Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
SR. Staff Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
32
Median offered wage
$209,300
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$209,300certified 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 "SR. Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20224
FY20239
FY20246
FY20256
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
11
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. Zscaler, Inc.10
  2. A10 Networks, Inc.5
  3. Paypal, Inc.4
  4. SiMa Technologies, Inc.2
  5. Groq, Inc.2
  6. Outset Medical, Inc.2
  7. Nio USA Inc.2
  8. Twitter, Inc.2
  9. Lookout, Inc.1
  10. Microchip Technology 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 $209,300; middle half $194,485 to $228,143 · median prevailing wage $192,941 (marker) · 32 applications.

$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II6
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV13
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 "SR. Staff Software Engineer" appears on 195 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 80 employers for worksites in 59 cities; the median offered wage is $200,081, so the median in San Jose is 4.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
195
Employers nationwide
80
Cities with filings
59
National median offered wage
$200,081
Share of national filings in San Jose
16.4%
Cities with the most applications for SR. Staff Software Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA32
  2. San Francisco, CA14
  3. Glendale, AZ13
  4. Palo Alto, CA12
  5. Santa Clara, CA10
  6. Sunnyvale, CA9
  7. Pleasanton, CA8
  8. Fremont, CA8
  9. Austin, TX7
  10. Seattle, WA5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "SR. Staff Software Engineer" ranks #178 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of SR. Staff Software Engineer in San Jose
178
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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