Salaries / Architectural and Engineering Managers / San Jose
Architectural and Engineering Managers salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 429 certified H-1B applications for architectural and engineering managers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 105 employers.
The middle half of offers were $213,500 to $248,000 a year, with a median of $224,000: 19% above the national median for this job ($188,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (45% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $186,264 at Level I and $219,315 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 13% | $186,264 |
| Level II (qualified) | 45% | $219,315 |
| Level III (experienced) | 26% | $252,366 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 15% | $285,418 |
Who sponsors architectural and engineering managers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 131 | $224,000 | 39 |
| Apple Inc. | 66 | $228,000 | 6 |
| Intel Corporation | 27 | $244,500 | 18 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 17 | $228,000 | — |
| Applied Materials, Inc | 13 | $191,500 | 5 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 10 | $265,000 | — |
| Applied Intuition, Inc. | 9 | $220,000 | — |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 6 | $225,500 | 5 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 6 | $197,000 | 1 |
| Archer Aviation Inc. | 5 | $231,500 | — |
| KLA Corporation | 5 | $190,000 | 6 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | 5 | $249,000 | 2 |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 4 | $286,500 | 1 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 4 | $250,000 | 20 |
| Everpure, Inc. | 4 | $207,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, Software Engineering Manager, D&E Delivery Line Management, Program Manager, Technical Manager, Director Of Engineering.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.