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Staff Software Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
426
Median offered wage
$146,328
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$146,328certified 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 San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

63126FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
63126FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022126
FY202397
FY202478
FY202580
FY2026*45
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
34
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.182
  2. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.69
  3. Intuit Inc.49
  4. ServiceNow, Inc.28
  5. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC17
  6. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.16
  7. Illumina, Inc.12
  8. GoFundMe, Inc.6
  9. Becton, Dickinson and Company4
  10. Uber Technologies, Inc.4
  11. Xsense.Ai, Inc.4
  12. Sony Electronics, Inc.3
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 $146,328; middle half $133,370 to $165,864 · median prevailing wage $146,328 (marker) · 423 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II3
  2. Level III267
  3. Level IV119
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 San Diego is 19.3% below 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 San Diego
5.3%
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 San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #3 by applications, with 1.7% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in San Diego
3
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Software Developer293
  4. Senior Asics Engineer282
  5. Asics Engineer265
  6. Systems Test Engineer189
  7. Staff Asics Engineer183
  8. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  9. Software Development Engineer - Test163
  10. Senior Cellular System Test Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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