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Design Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Design Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
37
Median offered wage
$98,000
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
Median wage$98,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Design Engineer" and a worksite in San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202310
FY20246
FY20253
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
97.2%
Employers filing
18
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. KPFF, Inc.8
  2. Structus, Inc.7
  3. OLMM Consulting Engineers3
  4. Adept AI Labs Inc.3
  5. Degenkolb Engineers2
  6. Gamma Tech, Inc.2
  7. Buehler Engineering, Inc.1
  8. Uber Technologies, Inc.1
  9. Spark Services1
  10. Giant Eagle, Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $98,000; middle half $84,750 to $165,000 · median prevailing wage $92,934 (marker) · 35 applications.

$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I18
  2. Level II6
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Design Engineer" appears on 2,617 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 679 employers for worksites in 573 cities; the median offered wage is $85,946, so the median in San Francisco is 14.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,617
Employers nationwide
679
Cities with filings
573
National median offered wage
$85,946
Share of national filings in San Francisco
1.4%
Cities with the most applications for Design Engineer
  1. Austin, TX125
  2. Raymond, OH116
  3. San Jose, CA93
  4. Irvine, CA89
  5. Houston, TX60
  6. Auburn Hills, MI50
  7. Troy, MI38
  8. San Francisco, CA37
  9. Seattle, WA36
  10. Farmington Hills, MI33
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Design Engineer" ranks #169 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Design Engineer in San Francisco
169
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Civil Engineers (all job titles)
$88,046
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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