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Staff Software Engineer in Foster City, CA

Job title · Foster City, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Foster City, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
52
Median offered wage
$200,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$200,000certified 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 "Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in Foster City.

Applications by fiscal year

1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1121FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY20236
FY20247
FY202521
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
18
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. Visa Technology & Operations LLC9
  2. Zoox Inc.7
  3. Illumina, Inc.5
  4. Indeed, Inc.5
  5. Replit, Inc.4
  6. Activision Blizzard Media, LLC4
  7. Cybersource Corporation3
  8. Verinata Health Inc.2
  9. Alluxio, Inc.2
  10. Visa U.S.A. Inc.2
  11. Incept Labs, Inc.2
  12. Coinbase, 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 $200,000; middle half $162,386 to $213,512 · median prevailing wage $180,960 (marker) · 49 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II3
  2. Level III12
  3. Level IV32
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 Software Engineer" appears on 8,042 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,030 employers for worksites in 547 cities; the median offered wage is $181,272, so the median in Foster City is 10.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
8,042
Employers nationwide
1,030
Cities with filings
547
National median offered wage
$181,272
Share of national filings in Foster City
0.6%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Software Engineer
  1. Sunnyvale, CA1,115
  2. San Francisco, CA723
  3. San Diego, CA426
  4. Mountain View, CA419
  5. Santa Clara, CA354
  6. Bentonville, AR348
  7. San Jose, CA317
  8. Seattle, WA259
  9. Austin, TX251
  10. New York City, NY220
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Foster City job market

Foster City has 5,507 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 1,916 job titles and 524 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #8 by applications, with 0.9% of them.

Applications in Foster City, all job titles
5,507
Job titles filed
1,916
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Foster City
8
Median offered wage in Foster City, all job titles
$148,783
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Foster City
  1. Software Engineer429
  2. Senior Software Engineer178
  3. Staff SW Engineer154
  4. SR. SW Engineer113
  5. Director90
  6. Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level62
  7. Data Scientist59
  8. SR. Data Scientist52
  9. Validation Engineer48
  10. Staff Data Engineer44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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