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Staff Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,115
Median offered wage
$185,050
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$185,050certified 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 Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

128255FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
128255FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022252
FY2023230
FY2024255
FY2025208
FY2026*170
Certified (decided applications)
99.6%
Employers filing
46
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. Wal-mart Associates, Inc.548
  2. Linkedin Corporation311
  3. Uber Technologies, Inc.94
  4. Google LLC56
  5. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.12
  6. Proofpoint, Inc.11
  7. Delart Technology Services LLC10
  8. Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.6
  9. Niantic, Inc.5
  10. Fiserv Solutions, LLC4
  11. Cepheid4
  12. Ruckus Wireless, 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 $185,050; middle half $153,301 to $207,000 · median prevailing wage $167,149 (marker) · 1,103 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II29
  3. Level III283
  4. Level IV274
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 Sunnyvale is 2.1% 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 Sunnyvale
13.9%
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 Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #4 by applications, with 2.2% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Sunnyvale
4
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  3. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  4. Software Engineer III960
  5. SR Software Engineer790
  6. Software Development Engineer I532
  7. Software Engineering Applications484
  8. Software Development Engineer III447
  9. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
  10. Data Scientist379
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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