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Software Developers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 31080

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
30,732
Median offered wage
$140,000
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Median wage$140,000certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Software Developers with a worksite in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: applications by fiscal year

3,0616,121FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3,0616,121FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20206,121
FY20215,345
FY20225,529
FY20234,210
FY20243,496
FY20253,538
FY2026*2,493
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,997496
FY20252,991547
FY20243,018478
FY20233,569641
FY20224,785744
FY20214,674671
FY20205,441680
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Deloitte Consulting LLP1,641
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC1,287
  3. Google LLC1,192
  4. Capgemini America Inc1,163
  5. Snap Inc.980
  6. Symantec Corporation704
  7. Prelude Systems Inc.704
  8. UST Global Inc.658
  9. Hulu, LLC645
  10. Farmers Group, Inc.544
  11. Google Inc.490
  12. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.472
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $140,000; middle half $121,222 to $165,719 · median prevailing wage $126,942 (marker) · 11,336 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,880
  2. Level II4,418
  3. Level III2,495
  4. Level IV1,930
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer3,089
  2. Software Developer2,262
  3. Senior Software Engineer1,158
  4. Software Development Engineer II514
  5. Software Development Engineer I374
  6. Senior Software Developer317
  7. Software Engineer II295
  8. SR. Software Engineer258
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Software Developers appears on 1,569,009 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 47,363 employers in 727 metropolitan areas; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA accounts for 1.96% of them, and its median offered wage is 7.4% above the national median of $130,295.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,569,009
Metropolitan areas with filings
727
Employers nationwide
47,363
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$130,295
Share in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
1.96%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Software Developers
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA170,820
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX157,007
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ142,719
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA141,062
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA104,870
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62,456
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54,962
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV53,916
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX48,372
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH42,120
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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