Worksite city · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage area

H-1B salaries in Santa Clara, CA

10% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 38% get a single lottery entry.

7,778certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$179,408median offer

10%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

2,614new-employment LCAs

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels for the top jobs here

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer

Software Developers

IV $256k

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

IV $219k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $236k

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

IV $190k

Computer and Information Research Scientists

IV $254k

Computer and Information Systems Managers

IV $239k

Architectural and Engineering Managers

IV $285k

Industrial Engineers

IV $168k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $88k to $300k

Lottery entries

2,614 new-employment LCAs

Santa Clara, CA 14%24%35%17%10% 2,614

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Jobs and employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

Top jobs

#	Job	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Software Developers	2,713	$187,741
2	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	1,646	$186,472
3	Computer Occupations, All Other	323	$181,293
4	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	251	$164,154
5	Computer and Information Research Scientists	242	$191,911
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	221	$243,100
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	217	$224,000
8	Industrial Engineers	199	$140,000
9	Data Scientists	198	$169,362
10	Sales Engineers	169	$168,958
11	Electrical Engineers	159	$170,000
12	Mechanical Engineers	131	$157,414
13	Computer Hardware Engineers	118	$185,000
14	Computer Systems Analysts	103	$140,411
15	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	79	$124,236

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	NVIDIA Corporation	2,116	$192,988
2	Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	405	$188,998
3	Amazon.com Services LLC	360	$187,920
4	Intel Corporation	324	$166,504
5	Applied Materials, Inc	311	$165,000
6	Apple Inc.	304	$181,506
7	ServiceNow, Inc.	286	$173,361
8	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	233	$180,648
9	Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.	225	$160,000
10	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	208	$185,200
11	Pure Storage, Inc.	170	$200,000
12	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	147	$186,142
13	Arista Networks, Inc.	86	$146,479
14	Amazon Web Services, Inc.	84	$185,000
15	Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.	69	$159,744
16	Siemens Industry Software Inc.	63	$173,720
17	Auris Health, Inc.	58	$175,500
18	Cohesity, Inc.	57	$187,741
19	Microsoft Corporation	55	$215,000
20	Amazon Data Services, Inc	53	$181,700
	All other employers	2,164	–