Salaries / Electrical Engineers / New York
Electrical Engineers salaries in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 194 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 135 employers.
The middle half of offers were $105,000 to $142,500 a year, with a median of $119,500: 6% below the national median for this job ($127,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (34% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $88,358 at Level I and $108,930 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) | 26% | $88,358 |
| Level II (qualified) | 34% | $108,930 |
| Level III (experienced) | 20% | $129,522 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 20% | $150,093 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AME, Inc. | 10 | $105,000 | 3 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 7 | $125,000 | 5 |
| Rosco, Inc | 5 | $89,000 | 1 |
| Tap Electrical Contracting Services Inc | 4 | $160,000 | — |
| Nokia of America Corporation | 4 | $138,500 | 9 |
| Eg&R Engineering Pc | 4 | $123,000 | — |
| Scale Microgrid Solutions Management LLC | 3 | $165,000 | — |
| New York Power Authority | 3 | $136,500 | 3 |
| Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC | 3 | $105,000 | — |
| Shenoy Engineering, PC | 3 | $125,500 | 1 |
| BEUMER Corporation | 3 | $120,000 | 3 |
| Sivers Semiconductors, Inc. | 3 | $165,000 | — |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $133,500 | — |
| SLS Controls Inc | 2 | $125,000 | 3 |
| AMD Design LLC | 2 | $122,500 | — |
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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.