Software Developers salary in Manufacturing, California
Discrete and process manufacturing across consumer, industrial, and pharmaceutical goods.
Software Developers (Manufacturing) in California: actual employer-disclosed pay
Public records from 169 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $187,574. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.
Top employers filing for this role
Companies with the most certified filings for Software Developers (Manufacturing) in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.
| Employer | Most-filed title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | Software Engineering Applications | 58 | $200,619 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Engineer Senior Systems Software | 35 | $204,134 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | Staff Machine Learning Researcher Engineer | 9 | $157,581 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Engineering Technical Leader | 6 | $182,784 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Software Development Engineer “ Eng | 5 | $215,000 |
| Intel Corporation | Graphics Software Engineer | 4 | $126,420 |
| Zoox, Inc. | Software Engineer | 2 | $216,500 |
| Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. | Senior Staff Software Engineer | 2 | $157,323 |
| General Motors | Staff Software Engineer | 2 | $230,000 |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | R&D Engineer 3, Software | 2 | $139,371 |
Recent sample filings
A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.
- Software Engineer at Zoox, Inc.$214,000Foster CityDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-503440
- Software Engineer at NVIDIA Corporation$187,574Santa ClaraDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-503701
- Software Engineering Applications at Apple Inc.$181,532SunnyvaleDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-500798
- Principal Software Engineer at Stryker Corporation$184,974San DiegoDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-502734
- Senior Manager, IT Development at Logitech Inc.$180,280San JoseDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25357-504553
- Principal Software Engineer at NVIDIA Corporation$264,514Santa ClaraDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-502321
- Staff Software Development Engineer “ Eng at Tesla, Inc.$230,255Palo AltoDecided Dec 30, 2025I-203-25356-500788
- Senior IT Applications Engineer 1 at ASML US, LLC$130,187San DiegoDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25355-500351
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.