Salaries / Electronics Engineers, Except Computer / San Jose
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 3,151 certified H-1B applications for electronics engineers, except computer in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 188 employers.
The middle half of offers were $157,000 to $216,000 a year, with a median of $181,000: 15% above the national median for this job ($157,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (43% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $124,405 at Level I and $155,896 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) | 9% | $124,405 |
| Level II (qualified) | 27% | $155,896 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $187,408 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 43% | $218,899 |
Who sponsors electronics engineers, except computer here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 738 | $191,500 | 451 |
| Apple Inc. | 662 | $186,500 | 216 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 163 | $186,500 | 46 |
| Intel Corporation | 158 | $156,500 | 371 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | 120 | $161,000 | 58 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 99 | $171,500 | 241 |
| Xilinx, Inc. | 84 | $169,500 | 49 |
| Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | 62 | $138,000 | — |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 61 | $157,000 | 56 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 58 | $186,500 | 43 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 43 | $215,000 | 14 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | 39 | $186,500 | 22 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 31 | $216,000 | 51 |
| Altera Corporation | 30 | $153,500 | — |
| Astera Labs INC | 30 | $176,000 | 2 |
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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.