Salaries / Software Developers / Stockton
Software Developers salaries in Stockton-Lodi, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 473 certified H-1B applications for software developers in the Stockton-Lodi, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 281 employers.
The middle half of offers were $114,500 to $180,000 a year, with a median of $150,000: 5% above the national median for this job ($143,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (33% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $99,923 at Level I and $123,656 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) | 8% | $99,923 |
| Level II (qualified) | 33% | $123,656 |
| Level III (experienced) | 31% | $147,410 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 29% | $171,142 |
Who sponsors software developers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 58 | $151,500 | 817 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 14 | $146,500 | 341 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 10 | $145,000 | 1,182 |
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | 8 | $214,000 | 105 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 7 | $184,000 | 369 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 6 | $174,500 | 3,205 |
| Docusign Inc. | 5 | $203,500 | 61 |
| Intuit Inc. | 5 | $183,000 | 191 |
| Triumph IT Inc | 5 | $90,500 | — |
| Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO) | 4 | $210,000 | — |
| Sunrun, Inc. | 4 | $245,000 | 3 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 | $196,000 | 624 |
| Slesha Inc | 4 | $90,500 | 23 |
| Antra, Inc. | 3 | $90,500 | 76 |
| REI Systems Inc. | 3 | $123,000 | 8 |
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Computer Occupations, All Other
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.