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Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
723
Median offered wage
$214,800
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$214,800certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

81162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
81162FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022157
FY2023143
FY2024138
FY2025162
FY2026*123
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
174
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. Uber Technologies, Inc.89
  2. The Gap, Inc.50
  3. Airbnb, Inc.39
  4. Okta, Inc.26
  5. Turo, Inc.24
  6. Linkedin Corporation22
  7. Databricks, Inc.22
  8. Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.21
  9. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC17
  10. Twitter, Inc.16
  11. Affirm, Inc.15
  12. Ripple Labs, Inc.12
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 $214,800; middle half $193,221 to $242,000 · median prevailing wage $183,310 (marker) · 715 applications.

$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
$160k$185k$210k$235k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II63
  3. Level III204
  4. Level IV427
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 Francisco is 18.5% 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 San Francisco
9.0%
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 San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco
4
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Software Engineering Smts719
  5. Data Scientist702
  6. Product Manager678
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  8. Engineering Manager520
  9. Member of Technical Staff517
  10. Software Engineering Lmts481
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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