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Staff Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
54
Median offered wage
$194,938
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$194,938certified 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 Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20228
FY20238
FY202410
FY202514
FY2026*14
Certified (decided applications)
98.1%
Employers filing
21
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. Illumio, Inc.20
  2. Alibaba Group (U.S.) Inc.6
  3. Fiserv Solutions, LLC4
  4. Alibaba Cloud US LLC3
  5. Yugabyte, Inc.2
  6. Airtime Media, Inc.2
  7. Ruckus Wireless, Inc.2
  8. PACCAR Inc2
  9. 23andMe, Inc.1
  10. Faire Wholesale, Inc.1
  11. Kaseya US LLC1
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 $194,938; middle half $167,149 to $226,158 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 52 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II7
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV18
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 Sunnyvale is 24.2% 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 Sunnyvale
2.2%
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 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; "Staff Engineer" ranks #112 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Staff Engineer in Sunnyvale
112
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. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  3. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  4. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  5. Software Engineer III960
  6. SR Software Engineer790
  7. Software Development Engineer I532
  8. Software Engineering Applications484
  9. Software Development Engineer III447
  10. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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