Salaries / Software Developers / San Jose
Software Developers salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 16,953 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 1,135 employers.
The middle half of offers were $167,000 to $224,500 a year, with a median of $193,000: 34% above the national median for this job ($143,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (47% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $152,797 at Level I and $187,075 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 17% | $152,797 |
| Level II (qualified) | 47% | $187,075 |
| Level III (experienced) | 18% | $221,374 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 17% | $255,653 |
Who sponsors software developers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 3,551 | $200,000 | 1 |
| Apple Inc. | 1,675 | $187,500 | 557 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 788 | $202,000 | 624 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 786 | $190,000 | 24 |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 584 | $150,000 | 817 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 543 | $185,000 | 332 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 407 | $201,000 | 3,205 |
| Adobe Inc. | 371 | $198,000 | 278 |
| PayPal, Inc. | 334 | $185,000 | 276 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 253 | $190,000 | 284 |
| ByteDance Inc. | 236 | $225,500 | 242 |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 219 | $198,000 | — |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 205 | $160,500 | — |
| Netflix, Inc. | 205 | $264,500 | 49 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 200 | $220,500 | 149 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Software Engineer, Software Developer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineering, Software Dev Engineer Ii, Software Dev Engineer I, Software Development Engineer Ii, Staff Software Engineer.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.