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Technical Writers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 27-3042 · CBSA 41940

Occupation
Technical Writers (SOC 27-3042)
Metropolitan area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
161
Median offered wage
$153,379
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median wage$153,379certified 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 Technical Writers with a worksite in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Technical Writers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: applications by fiscal year

1632FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1632FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202028
FY202132
FY202228
FY202316
FY202418
FY202521
FY2026*18
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*153
FY2025174
FY2024171
FY2023142
FY2022226
FY2021275
FY2020226
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. Apple Inc.64
  2. Google LLC48
  3. Fenwick & West, LLP20
  4. Juniper Networks, Inc.16
  5. Google Inc.15
  6. Vmware, Inc.15
  7. Intel Corporation13
  8. Oracle America, Inc.12
  9. Wipro Limited12
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.8
  11. Symantec Corporation8
  12. Becton, Dickinson and Company8
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 $153,379; middle half $128,878 to $166,587 · median prevailing wage $136,698 (marker) · 63 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II17
  3. Level III21
  4. Level IV15
Job titles
  1. Technical Writer34
  2. Senior Technical Writer7
  3. Staff Technical Writer5
  4. Product Marketing Manager5
  5. Content Designer, Vertical Ad Solutions3
  6. Software Technical Writer3
  7. Technical Writer III3
  8. Patent Engineer3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Technical Writers appears on 1,774 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 699 employers in 112 metropolitan areas; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA accounts for 9.08% of them, and its median offered wage is 60.1% above the national median of $95,784.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,774
Metropolitan areas with filings
112
Employers nationwide
699
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$95,784
Share in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
9.08%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Technical Writers
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ266
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA197
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH179
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA161
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA103
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV85
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA81
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX47
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN40
  10. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD36
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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