Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)
Occupation profile for Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) covers 245 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $213,512.
- FY2026 certified median
- $213,512
- Total filings
- 245
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $183,181–$255,000
- Top employer
- PURE STORAGE, INC.
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 86 | $185,000 | $160,000 | $210,000 |
| FY2025 | 77 | $200,000 | $177,250 | $230,000 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 82 | $213,512 | $183,181 | $255,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- PURE STORAGE, INC.140 filings
- OpenAI OpCo, LLC55 filings
- Everpure, Inc.22 filings
- Anthropic, PBC5 filings
- Decagon AI, Inc.4 filings
- Opusclip Inc.3 filings
- 11x AI Inc.2 filings
- Etched.ai, Inc.2 filings
- MedicalMine Inc.2 filings
- PayPal, Inc.2 filings
Top cities
- Santa Clara142 filings
- San Francisco56 filings
- Bellevue21 filings
- Mountain View10 filings
- New York3 filings
- Cupertino2 filings
- Palo Alto2 filings
- Pleasanton2 filings
- Sunnyvale2 filings
- Austin2 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1252 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1252 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1252 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 15-1252 | $109,845 | $137,717 | $165,589 | $193,461 |
| 2026-27 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 12420 | 15-1252 | $95,888 | $119,642 | $143,395 | $167,149 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1251 | $76,565 | $101,670 | $126,776 | $151,882 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1299 | $113,672 | $154,482 | $195,270 | $236,080 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 15-1252 | $106,787 | $134,202 | $161,637 | $189,051 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1221 | $100,422 | $137,779 | $175,136 | $212,493 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-2051 | $110,386 | $142,438 | $174,512 | $206,565 |