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Staff Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
161
Median offered wage
$218,160
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$218,160certified 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 Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202240
FY202345
FY202427
FY202537
FY2026*12
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. Navan, Inc.15
  2. Rivian, LLC15
  3. Rivian Automotive, LLC13
  4. Tesla, Inc.11
  5. Rubrik, Inc.10
  6. Fiddler Labs Inc.9
  7. Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC8
  8. Pinterest, Inc.8
  9. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.6
  10. Latitude AI, LLC5
  11. Vmware, Inc.5
  12. Guardant Health, 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 $218,160; middle half $199,884 to $234,062 · median prevailing wage $184,662 (marker) · 156 applications.

$180k$200k$220k$240k$260k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II25
  2. Level III65
  3. Level IV59
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 Palo Alto is 20.3% 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 Palo Alto
2.0%
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 Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #9 by applications, with 1.0% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Palo Alto
9
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. SR. Software Engineer156
  10. Developer149
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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