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Software Developers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 41940

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
170,820
Median offered wage
$182,127
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Median wage$182,127certified 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: applications by fiscal year

15k29kFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
15k29kFY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202028,936
FY202127,494
FY202229,111
FY202324,130
FY202420,371
FY202522,942
FY2026*17,836
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*15,0462,790
FY202518,9853,957
FY202416,4743,897
FY202317,8416,289
FY202223,8615,250
FY202121,5525,942
FY202023,1985,738
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. Google LLC47,335
  2. Apple Inc.19,424
  3. Google Inc.19,256
  4. Linkedin Corporation9,971
  5. Vmware, Inc.8,474
  6. Ebay Inc.7,689
  7. Paypal, Inc.7,561
  8. Wal-mart Associates, Inc.7,310
  9. Cisco Systems, Inc.6,862
  10. Amazon.com Services LLC6,638
  11. Microsoft Corporation5,634
  12. NVIDIA Corporation4,527
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 $182,127; middle half $155,650 to $206,122 · median prevailing wage $172,931 (marker) · 67,309 applications.

$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
$140k$165k$190k$215k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5,631
  2. Level II17,322
  3. Level III8,729
  4. Level IV7,175
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer32,579
  2. Senior Software Engineer6,821
  3. Software Development Engineer3,472
  4. Staff Software Engineer3,045
  5. Software Development Engineer II2,980
  6. Software Developer2,632
  7. Member of Technical Staff1,891
  8. Software Engineer III1,431
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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA accounts for 10.89% of them, and its median offered wage is 39.8% 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
10.89%
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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