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Software Developers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 42200

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
648
Median offered wage
$141,189
Certified (last three years)
97.5%
Median wage$141,189certified 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA: applications by fiscal year

67133FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
67133FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020133
FY2021130
FY2022100
FY202397
FY202469
FY202560
FY2026*59
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*4019
FY20253921
FY20245415
FY20236532
FY20229010
FY202110624
FY202011320
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. AppFolio Inc.239
  2. Citrix Online LLC176
  3. Citrix Systems, Inc.95
  4. Deckers Outdoor Corporation63
  5. Procore Technologies, Inc.56
  6. Yardi Systems, Inc52
  7. Amazon.com Services LLC51
  8. Logmein USA, Inc.46
  9. Sonos, Inc.46
  10. Calient Technologies, Inc.34
  11. Getgo, Inc.32
  12. Lastline, Inc.30
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 $141,189; middle half $122,658 to $164,000 · median prevailing wage $127,816 (marker) · 188 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I39
  2. Level II74
  3. Level III29
  4. Level IV32
Job titles
  1. Software Engineer110
  2. Senior Software Engineer29
  3. Software Development Engineer I17
  4. SR. Software Engineer17
  5. Software Engineer II14
  6. Software Development Engineer II12
  7. Software Development Engineer11
  8. Software Developer11
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; Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA accounts for 0.04% of them, and its median offered wage is 8.4% 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 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
0.04%
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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