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Staff Software Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
220
Median offered wage
$206,182
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$206,182certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

3467FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3467FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202344
FY202438
FY202544
FY2026*67
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
93
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.22
  2. Linkedin Corporation17
  3. Google LLC12
  4. Uber Technologies, Inc.9
  5. Flatiron Health, Inc.7
  6. Certified Kernel Tech LLC6
  7. Clear Street Management LLC6
  8. Paypal, Inc.5
  9. Zocdoc, Inc.5
  10. Twitter, Inc.5
  11. Dataminr, Inc.4
  12. Affirm, Inc.4
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 $206,182; middle half $184,578 to $238,976 · median prevailing wage $169,229 (marker) · 220 applications.

$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II8
  3. Level III37
  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 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 New York City is 13.7% 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 New York City
2.7%
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 New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #65 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in New York City
65
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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