Software Engineer salary in Santa Rosa, CA

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol.

Also listed as: Software Developer, Software Development Engineer, SDE

Median salary$133,975
Middle 50%$120.9k–$170.8k
vs. national median−4%comparison median $139,194
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $103,033 and $191,778.
PercentileSalary
10th$118,643
25th$120,874
50th (median)$133,975
75th$170,828
90th$181,691

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $115k $150k FY2020: median $99,500 (18 filings) FY2021: median $111,800 (17 filings) FY2022: median $127,500 (13 filings) FY2023: median $130,437 (20 filings) FY2024: median $118,040 (15 filings) FY2025: median $134,304 (12 filings) FY2026: median $133,975 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 18 filings FY20 FY2021: 17 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 20 filings FY23 FY2024: 15 filings FY24 FY2025: 12 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 20
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$99,500$99,341$130,85318
FY2021$111,800$98,530$134,45117
FY2022$127,500$110,000$139,67213
FY2023$130,437$112,066$152,29820
FY2024$118,040$97,263$146,79615
FY2025$134,304$118,643$170,82812
FY2026$133,975$121,618$155,68012

Cost of living

Santa Rosa's median Software Engineer salary of $133,975 is worth about $124,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Santa Rosa = 107.8).

Compared with all workers here

All Software Developers in the Santa Rosa, CA area earned a median of $148,630 in May 2025 (560 employed). The H-1B median here is $133,975, 10% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Keysight Technologiestoo few7
American Eagle Outfitterstoo few2
VisiQuatetoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $121,618 11
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$121,618$121,61811

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.