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Staff Engineer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
119
Median offered wage
$221,345
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$221,345certified 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 "Staff Engineer" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

2652FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2652FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202252
FY202340
FY202418
FY20257
FY2026*2
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
15
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. Vmware, Inc.91
  2. Rubrik, Inc.10
  3. ActiveHours, Inc.4
  4. Navan, Inc.2
  5. Zeku Inc2
  6. AiDash Inc.1
  7. AppLovin Corporation1
  8. Apex.AI, Inc.1
  9. Pagebites, Inc.1
  10. Spotnana 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 $221,345; middle half $203,114 to $234,866 · median prevailing wage $187,738 (marker) · 119 applications.

$180k$200k$220k$240k$260k
$180k$200k$220k$240k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III8
  3. Level IV90
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 "Staff Engineer" appears on 2,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 608 employers for worksites in 403 cities; the median offered wage is $157,000, so the median in Palo Alto is 41.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,456
Employers nationwide
608
Cities with filings
403
National median offered wage
$157,000
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
4.8%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA350
  2. Austin, TX208
  3. Palo Alto, CA119
  4. New York City, NY107
  5. San Diego, CA97
  6. Santa Clara, CA72
  7. San Francisco, CA72
  8. Houston, TX59
  9. Sunnyvale, CA54
  10. Seattle, WA37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Staff Engineer" ranks #13 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Staff Engineer in Palo Alto
13
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. Staff Software Engineer161
  10. SR. Software Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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