Salaries / Electrical Engineers / Houston
Electrical Engineers salaries in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 247 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 143 employers.
The middle half of offers were $95,000 to $145,000 a year, with a median of $120,500: 5% below the national median for this job ($127,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (28% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $81,182 at Level I and $108,035 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) | 22% | $81,182 |
| Level II (qualified) | 28% | $108,035 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $134,909 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 28% | $161,762 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 12 | $148,000 | 41 |
| Mirafra Inc | 10 | $124,500 | 1 |
| Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | 8 | $80,000 | — |
| ABB Inc. | 7 | $114,000 | 1 |
| Energyard LLC | 7 | $71,000 | — |
| Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, Inc. | 6 | $152,500 | 45 |
| Siemens Energy, Inc. | 5 | $132,500 | 11 |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 5 | $95,000 | 10 |
| Sungrow USA Corporation | 4 | $110,000 | 3 |
| Halliburton Technology Partners, LLC | 4 | $144,500 | — |
| SEL Engineering Services, Inc. | 4 | $131,500 | 47 |
| Schneider Electric Usa, Inc. | 4 | $119,500 | 13 |
| Bot Auto Ca Inc | 4 | $260,000 | — |
| Microsoft Corporation | 3 | $167,500 | 30 |
| Electric Power Engineers, LLC | 3 | $119,500 | 5 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Electrical Engineer, Silicon Engineering, Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls Engineer, Hardware Systems Engineering, Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Rf Engineer.
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.