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Software Developers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 41860

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
104,870
Median offered wage
$182,002
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Median wage$182,002certified 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: applications by fiscal year

9,59719kFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
9,59719kFY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202019,194
FY202117,270
FY202217,929
FY202314,471
FY202412,117
FY202513,498
FY2026*10,391
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*8,7581,633
FY202510,6192,879
FY202410,2611,856
FY202310,6053,866
FY202214,8243,105
FY202114,0583,212
FY202015,9033,291
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. Facebook, Inc.21,525
  2. Salesforce.com, Inc.5,034
  3. Salesforce, Inc.4,403
  4. Google LLC4,346
  5. Oracle America, Inc.4,045
  6. Uber Technologies, Inc.3,698
  7. Twitter, Inc.2,796
  8. Workday, Inc.2,266
  9. Airbnb, Inc.2,159
  10. Amazon.com Services LLC2,064
  11. Tesla, Inc.1,789
  12. Nisum Technologies Inc.1,638
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 $182,002; middle half $155,605 to $213,512 · median prevailing wage $161,637 (marker) · 39,591 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I4,568
  2. Level II12,422
  3. Level III8,434
  4. Level IV8,546
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer24,128
  2. Senior Software Engineer6,607
  3. Software Developer2,660
  4. Staff Software Engineer1,635
  5. Software Development Engineer II1,311
  6. Software Engineering Smts896
  7. Software Development Engineer I833
  8. Software Development Engineer825
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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA accounts for 6.68% of them, and its median offered wage is 39.7% 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
6.68%
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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