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Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
317
Median offered wage
$195,426
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$195,426certified 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 Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

3671FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3671FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202268
FY202357
FY202451
FY202571
FY2026*70
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
73
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. Paypal, Inc.79
  2. Zscaler, Inc.30
  3. A10 Networks, Inc.16
  4. Bill.com14
  5. BILL Operations LLC13
  6. IBM Corporation12
  7. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.12
  8. Nio USA Inc.11
  9. Cohesity, Inc.8
  10. Arm, Inc.6
  11. Coinbase, Inc.6
  12. Ivanti, Inc.6
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 $195,426; middle half $176,200 to $218,541 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 315 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II58
  3. Level III61
  4. Level IV82
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 Jose is 7.8% 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 Jose
3.9%
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 Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #14 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in San Jose
14
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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