Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Palo Alto, CA
City profile for Palo Alto, CA covers 9,238 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $186,857.
- FY2026 certified median
- $186,857
- Total filings
- 9,238
- Top employer
- Tesla, Inc.
- Top job title
- Software Engineer
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 2,949 | $175,000 |
| FY2025 | 3,374 | $180,128 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 2,915 | $186,857 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Tesla, Inc.1,768 filings
- Amazon.com Services LLC632 filings
- Rivian Automotive, LLC395 filings
- VMware LLC390 filings
- Pinterest, Inc.312 filings
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.286 filings
- SNAP INC.285 filings
- Rubrik, Inc.279 filings
- The Leland Stanford, Jr University199 filings
- SAP Labs, LLC176 filings
Top titles
- Software Engineer429 filings
- SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II214 filings
- Senior Software Engineer210 filings
- R&D Engineer Software181 filings
- Member of Technical Staff135 filings
- Applied Scientist II128 filings
- Senior Developer114 filings
- Sr. Software Engineer111 filings
- Software Engineer II77 filings
- Staff Software Engineer71 filings