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Engineers, All Other: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $138,424 to $203,403 depending on the city. The median offer is $130,000.

3,122certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$130,000median offer
$101k to $160kmiddle half of offers
20%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
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 by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city
Mountain View · San Jose IV $203k
Austin, TX IV $138k
under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $75k to $214k
CityLCAsMedianLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
Mountain View, CA143$187,762 $105,664$138,237$170,830$203,403
Austin, TX121$140,047 $83,200$101,608$120,016$138,424
San Jose, CA113$158,621 $105,664$138,237$170,830$203,403

What employers offer

3,122 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 4 LCAs$50k to $60k: 2 LCAs$60k to $70k: 51 LCAs$70k to $80k: 188 LCAs$80k to $90k: 198 LCAs$90k to $100k: 240 LCAs$100k to $110k: 306 LCAs$110k to $120k: 234 LCAs$120k to $130k: 328 LCAs$130k to $140k: 300 LCAs$140k to $150k: 207 LCAs$150k to $160k: 256 LCAs$160k to $170k: 187 LCAs$170k to $180k: 109 LCAs$180k to $190k: 145 LCAs$190k to $200k: 91 LCAs$200k to $210k: 86 LCAs$210k to $220k: 48 LCAs$220k to $230k: 43 LCAs$230k to $240k: 31 LCAs$240k to $250k: 11 LCAs$250k to $260k: 19 LCAs$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$270k to $280k: 9 LCAs$280k to $290k: 5 LCAs$290k to $300k: 4 LCAs$300k+: 13 LCAs $40k to $50k: 4 LCAs$50k to $60k: 2 LCAs$60k to $70k: 51 LCAs$70k to $80k: 188 LCAs$80k to $90k: 198 LCAs$90k to $100k: 240 LCAs$100k to $110k: 306 LCAs$110k to $120k: 234 LCAs$120k to $130k: 328 LCAs$130k to $140k: 300 LCAs$140k to $150k: 207 LCAs$150k to $160k: 256 LCAs$160k to $170k: 187 LCAs$170k to $180k: 109 LCAs$180k to $190k: 145 LCAs$190k to $200k: 91 LCAs$200k to $210k: 86 LCAs$210k to $220k: 48 LCAs$220k to $230k: 43 LCAs$230k to $240k: 31 LCAs$240k to $250k: 11 LCAs$250k to $260k: 19 LCAs$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$270k to $280k: 9 LCAs$280k to $290k: 5 LCAs$290k to $300k: 4 LCAs$300k+: 13 LCAs
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 10 LCAs = 20 LCAs

Lottery entries

1,454 new-employment LCAs
Engineers, All Other 21%28%22%20% 1,454
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.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

2,724 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$130,000 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Tesla, Inc. 115 $151,154
2 KLA Corporation 93 $156,000
3 Apple Inc. 89 $158,621
4 Asml US, LP 69 $127,171
5 Aurora Operations, Inc. 49 $158,621
6 TORC Robotics, Inc. 44 $171,693
7 Rivian Automotive, LLC 39 $142,000
8 Capri USA Group Inc. 38 $130,250
9 Google LLC 31 $198,000
10 General Motors 27 $164,744
11 Meta Platforms, Inc 25 $211,654
12 Field AI, Inc. 24 $157,500
13 Applied Materials, Inc 22 $162,000
14 BrightSharks Engineering Services LLC 22 $77,000
15 Amazon.com Services LLC 21 $136,000
16 Symbotic LLC 21 $160,000
17 Apptronik, Inc. 20 $148,595
18 CBRE, Inc. 20 $105,768
19 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 $130,728
20 Lucid USA, Inc. 19 $133,390
21 Valeo North America, Inc. 17 $127,940
22 Boston Dynamics, Inc. 16 $209,264
23 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC 15 $105,220
24 Applied Intuition, Inc. 15 $151,700
25 Dexterity, Inc. 15 $133,390
All other employers 2,236 –