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Software Developers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 41740

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
16,315
Median offered wage
$133,370
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$133,370certified 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA: applications by fiscal year

1,5823,164FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,5823,164FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20202,207
FY20212,738
FY20223,164
FY20232,803
FY20242,023
FY20252,119
FY2026*1,261
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,109152
FY20251,916203
FY20241,863160
FY20232,479324
FY20222,754410
FY20212,324414
FY20201,827380
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.8,453
  2. Qualcomm Incorporated3,460
  3. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.1,815
  4. Apple Inc.982
  5. Intuit Inc.967
  6. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.699
  7. ServiceNow, Inc.539
  8. Amazon.com Services LLC488
  9. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC444
  10. Illumina, Inc.411
  11. California Creative Solutions, Inc.365
  12. TuSimple, Inc.363
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 $133,370; middle half $121,597 to $157,581 · median prevailing wage $129,188 (marker) · 7,266 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I530
  2. Level II2,952
  3. Level III1,725
  4. Level IV1,308
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer1,417
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,039
  3. Staff Software Engineer622
  4. Software Developer505
  5. Senior Systems Test Engineer241
  6. Systems Test Engineer230
  7. Senior Staff Software Engineer206
  8. Software Engineer II183
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; San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA accounts for 1.04% of them, and its median offered wage is 2.4% 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
1.04%
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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