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Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA

Job title · Mountain View, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Mountain View, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
419
Median offered wage
$219,960
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$219,960certified 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 Mountain View.

Applications by fiscal year

59117FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
59117FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022117
FY202389
FY202463
FY202578
FY2026*72
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
47
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. Intuit Inc.142
  2. Google LLC121
  3. Databricks, Inc.29
  4. Aurora Innovation, Inc.22
  5. Confluent, Inc.10
  6. Coupang Global LLC10
  7. Didi Research America, LLC8
  8. Harness, Inc.6
  9. Particle Media, Inc.4
  10. Granica Computing, Inc.4
  11. Linkedin Corporation4
  12. Waymo LLC4
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 $219,960; middle half $192,471 to $254,000 · median prevailing wage $199,534 (marker) · 416 applications.

$180k$205k$230k$255k$280k
$180k$205k$230k$255k$280k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III88
  4. Level IV231
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 Mountain View is 21.3% 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 Mountain View
5.2%
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 Mountain View job market

Mountain View has 32,943 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,870 job titles and 1,462 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Mountain View, all job titles
32,943
Job titles filed
6,870
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View
5
Median offered wage in Mountain View, all job titles
$178,755
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Mountain View
  1. Software Engineer11,923
  2. Senior Software Engineer942
  3. Software Engineering913
  4. Research Scientist439
  5. Product Manager418
  6. Data Scientist415
  7. Technical Program Manager372
  8. Silicon Engineer250
  9. Program Manager210
  10. Hardware Engineer205
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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