Salaries / Electrical Engineers / Los Angeles
Electrical Engineers salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 242 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 125 employers.
The middle half of offers were $111,000 to $162,000 a year, with a median of $137,500: 8% above the national median for this job ($127,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (33% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $89,794 at Level I and $117,645 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) | 20% | $89,794 |
| Level II (qualified) | 33% | $117,645 |
| Level III (experienced) | 24% | $145,475 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 23% | $173,326 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | 20 | $166,000 | 16 |
| Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. | 16 | $159,000 | 4 |
| Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC | 10 | $147,500 | — |
| Burns & McDonnell Western Enterprises, Inc | 7 | $141,500 | 5 |
| Navitas Semiconductor USA, Inc. | 7 | $163,000 | 1 |
| Fakouri Electrical Engineering, Inc. | 7 | $90,000 | 2 |
| Operation Technology, Inc. | 6 | $111,000 | — |
| Black & Veatch Corporation | 4 | $115,500 | 22 |
| Quanta Technology LLC | 4 | $145,000 | 5 |
| SEL Engineering Services, Inc. | 4 | $127,500 | 47 |
| Garrett Transportation I Inc. | 4 | $135,500 | — |
| Ford Motor Company | 4 | $162,000 | 9 |
| Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation | 3 | — | 2 |
| Apple Inc. | 3 | $139,500 | 41 |
| AES Clean Energy Services, LLC | 3 | $114,000 | 2 |
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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.