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Systems Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Systems Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
78
Median offered wage
$154,600
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$154,600certified 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 "Systems Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1529FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202229
FY202314
FY202417
FY202511
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
26

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $154,600; middle half $135,000 to $174,250 · median prevailing wage $134,544 (marker) · 76 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I14
  2. Level II33
  3. Level III17
  4. Level IV14

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Systems Engineer" appears on 5,758 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,661 employers for worksites in 847 cities; the median offered wage is $94,100, so the median in San Francisco is 64.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,758
Employers nationwide
1,661
Cities with filings
847
National median offered wage
$94,100
Share of national filings in San Francisco
1.4%
Cities with the most applications for Systems Engineer
  1. Irving, TX232
  2. Austin, TX171
  3. Dallas, TX142
  4. Plano, TX128
  5. Santa Clara, CA105
  6. New York City, NY95
  7. San Jose, CA84
  8. Alpharetta, GA82
  9. Mountain View, CA81
  10. Houston, TX80

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; "Systems Engineer" ranks #66 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Systems Engineer in San Francisco
66
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. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517