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Software Developers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Software Developers is $213,110 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $136,930 per year in Vallejo, CA. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 55.6% above Vallejo, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1252 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 87,350 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 330 in Vallejo, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings