Salaries / Electronics Engineers, Except Computer / San Diego
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 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 494 certified H-1B applications for electronics engineers, except computer in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 36 employers.
The middle half of offers were $129,000 to $176,000 a year, with a median of $152,500: 3% below the national median for this job ($157,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (36% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $107,765 at Level I and $131,622 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% | $107,765 |
| Level II (qualified) | 36% | $131,622 |
| Level III (experienced) | 26% | $155,501 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 36% | $179,358 |
Who sponsors electronics engineers, except computer here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 296 | $152,500 | 46 |
| Apple Inc. | 71 | $152,500 | 216 |
| Arm, Inc. | 22 | $129,000 | 66 |
| Psemi Corporation | 13 | $135,000 | 17 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | 11 | $152,500 | 22 |
| MediaTek USA Inc. | 10 | $177,000 | 26 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 10 | $152,500 | 241 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 8 | $190,000 | 451 |
| NXP USA, Inc. | 6 | $142,000 | 66 |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | 5 | $129,000 | — |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 5 | $152,500 | 43 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 4 | $152,500 | 51 |
| Broadcom Corporation | 3 | $176,000 | 17 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | 3 | $138,000 | 129 |
| Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. | 3 | $182,000 | 5 |
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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.