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Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
354
Median offered wage
$183,859
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$183,859certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

4590FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4590FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202260
FY202369
FY202490
FY202577
FY2026*58
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
53
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. ServiceNow, Inc.115
  2. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.50
  3. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.43
  4. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.16
  5. Ambarella Corp.13
  6. Xmotors.Ai, Inc.11
  7. Telenav, Inc.11
  8. Edelman Financial Engines, LLC9
  9. PlusAI, Inc.6
  10. Cohesity, Inc.6
  11. Gigamon, Inc.5
  12. Leantaas, 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 $183,859; middle half $158,809 to $192,941 · median prevailing wage $176,498 (marker) · 351 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4
  2. Level II56
  3. Level III51
  4. Level IV44
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 Santa Clara is 1.4% 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 Santa Clara
4.4%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.1% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara
6
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  7. Process Engineer276
  8. Principal Software Engineer248
  9. Software Development Engineer I231
  10. Software Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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