Salaries / Electrical Engineers / San Diego
Electrical Engineers salaries in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 111 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 40 employers.
The middle half of offers were $120,000 to $164,000 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 III (35% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $82,638 at Level I and $106,808 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) | 12% | $82,638 |
| Level II (qualified) | 31% | $106,808 |
| Level III (experienced) | 35% | $130,978 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 22% | $155,147 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 39 | $139,500 | 41 |
| Maxlinear, Inc. | 8 | $137,000 | 10 |
| Asml Us, Lp | 8 | $111,000 | 18 |
| Mirafra Inc | 7 | $112,500 | 1 |
| Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. | 4 | $193,000 | 1 |
| MediaTek USA Inc. | 3 | $111,000 | 15 |
| Sgs North America, Inc. | 2 | $84,500 | 1 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2 | $205,000 | 30 |
| Firestorm Labs, Inc. | 2 | $190,000 | — |
| Illumina, Inc. | 2 | $104,500 | 1 |
| Ge Grid Solutions Llc | 2 | $163,500 | — |
| ANSYS, Inc. | 2 | $163,000 | 2 |
| Randal Lamb Associates | 2 | $111,000 | — |
| InflammaSense, Inc. | 2 | $167,500 | — |
| HDR Engineering, Inc. | 1 | $110,000 | 3 |
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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.