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Staff Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
350
Median offered wage
$186,472
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$186,472certified 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 San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

4385FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4385FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202273
FY202379
FY202442
FY202585
FY2026*71
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
39
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. Nutanix, Inc.97
  2. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.62
  3. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.54
  4. MediaTek USA Inc.39
  5. Eximietas Design LLC17
  6. Arm, Inc.12
  7. OKBL USA Technology Inc.10
  8. Cohesity, Inc.6
  9. Frore Systems, Inc.5
  10. eTopus Technology Inc.4
  11. Platform9 Systems, Inc.3
  12. SK hynix memory solutions America inc.3
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 $186,472; middle half $167,850 to $208,000 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 346 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II51
  3. Level III58
  4. Level IV165
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 San Jose is 18.8% 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 San Jose
14.3%
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 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; "Staff Engineer" ranks #11 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Staff Engineer in San Jose
11
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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