Salaries / Computer Network Architects / San Francisco
Computer Network Architects salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 145 certified H-1B applications for computer network architects in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 65 employers.
The middle half of offers were $150,000 to $218,000 a year, with a median of $184,500: 27% above the national median for this job ($145,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (44% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $119,434 at Level I and $146,016 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% | $119,434 |
| Level II (qualified) | 27% | $146,016 |
| Level III (experienced) | 16% | $172,578 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 44% | $199,160 |
Who sponsors computer network architects here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 50 | $200,000 | 9 |
| Infogain Corporation | 6 | $127,500 | 3 |
| Tenarai Inc. | 6 | $135,000 | — |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4 | $198,000 | 1 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 4 | $198,000 | 2 |
| Roblox Corporation | 3 | $231,000 | 1 |
| Sephora USA, Inc | 3 | $213,000 | 1 |
| Meter, Inc. | 3 | $180,000 | — |
| Greenlite Inc. | 2 | $195,500 | — |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 2 | $239,500 | 4 |
| Equinix, Inc. | 2 | $185,000 | 3 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2 | $185,500 | 25 |
| IBM Corporation | 2 | $183,500 | 2 |
| Standard BioTools Inc. | 2 | $127,500 | — |
| TeKCommands Inc | 2 | $184,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Network Engineer, Senior Network Engineer, Cloud Network Engineering, Network Development Engineer Ii, Network Dev Engineer Ii, Computer Network Architect, Network Architect, Network Developer.
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.