Salaries / Electronics Engineers, Except Computer / Houston
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer salaries in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 209 certified H-1B applications for electronics engineers, except computer in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 53 employers.
The middle half of offers were $128,500 to $168,000 a year, with a median of $161,000: 3% above the national median for this job ($157,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (49% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $89,814 at Level I and $110,947 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) | 3% | $89,814 |
| Level II (qualified) | 23% | $110,947 |
| Level III (experienced) | 25% | $132,080 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 49% | $153,213 |
Who sponsors electronics engineers, except computer here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 28 | $162,500 | 216 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 24 | $148,500 | 46 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 20 | $138,000 | 241 |
| Arm, Inc. | 17 | $161,000 | 66 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 16 | $168,000 | 451 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 13 | $161,000 | 51 |
| Intel Corporation | 13 | $115,500 | 371 |
| Xilinx, Inc. | 9 | $185,000 | 49 |
| Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. | 6 | $171,500 | 56 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | 6 | $155,500 | 58 |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 5 | $161,000 | 56 |
| NXP USA, Inc. | 3 | $170,500 | 66 |
| TSMC Technology, Inc. | 2 | $148,500 | 7 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | 2 | $161,000 | 22 |
| Ericsson Inc. | 2 | $150,500 | 1 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Component Design Engineer, Engineer Senior Asic, Design Verification, Mts Silicon Design Engineer, Sr. Silicon Design Engineer, Physical Design Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Staff 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.