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Software Developers, Systems Software in San Francisco, CA: H-1B salaries

153 labor condition applications for this occupation with a work site in San Francisco, CA. Median offered base salary $170,000; middle half $150,000–$185,585.

Applications (LCAs)153

Median offered salary$170,000

Middle half of salaries$150,000–$185,585

10th–90th percentile$130,000–$209,600

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$100,000
Level II (qualified)	$145,363
Level III (experienced)	$164,531
Level IV (fully competent)	$185,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Maplebear Inc.	13	$170,000
The Gap, Inc.	11	$155,000
Dropbox, Inc.	9	$147,100
Plaid Inc.	9	$184,080
Discord, Inc.	8	$214,000
Twilio, Inc.	7	$175,000
We Work Management LLC	5	$203,600
Patreon, Inc.	4	$221,350
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC	4	$163,260
Sysdig, Inc.	3	$170,000
Affirm, Inc.	3	$150,000
Databricks, Inc.	3	$146,000
Keep Truckin, Inc.	2	$160,000
StubHub, Inc.	2	$190,605
Cloudflare, Inc.	2	$167,500
Levi Strauss & Co.	2	$180,292
Yelp Inc.	2	$181,720
Scale AI, Inc.	2	$177,500
Brex Inc.	2	$169,562
Snapdocs, Inc.	2	$156,478
Litmus7 Systems Consulting Inc	2	$127,500
DoorDash, Inc.	2	$186,941
Mongodb, Inc.	2	$185,000
Yanka Industries, Inc.	2	$192,500
Pocket Gems, Inc.	2	$165,517
Datatron Technologies Inc	1	$97,000
6sense Insights, Inc.	1	$173,000
Domino Data Lab, Inc.	1	$100,000
First Republic Bank	1	$150,000
Mapbox, Inc.	1	$117,770
Tonal Systems, Inc.	1	$185,000
Zendesk, Inc.	1	$190,800
Prosper Marketplace, Inc.	1	$104,291
Iterable, Inc.	1	$167,710
Continual, Inc.	1	$117,770
Mnemonic, Inc.	1	$160,000
Memsql, Inc.	1	$117,770
Invitae Corporation	1	$175,000
Block, Inc.	1	$123,000
Carbon Health Technologies, Inc.	1	$169,562

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).