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Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
57
Median offered wage
$113,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$113,000certified 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 "Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY202312
FY202411
FY20257
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
12
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. MediaTek USA Inc.26
  2. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.17
  3. Ibase Consulting of Fairfield County, LLC5
  4. Ibase of Fairfield County, LLC1
  5. Silicon Software Technologies Inc1
  6. Saiful Bouquet Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc.1
  7. Software Galaxy Systems, LLC1
  8. Hinduja Tech Inc.1
  9. Ibase Operations Corp.1
  10. Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.1
  11. Arm, 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 $113,000; middle half $102,000 to $126,880 · median prevailing wage $104,562 (marker) · 57 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II52
  3. Level III2
  4. Level IV1
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 "Engineer" appears on 2,788 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 593 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $108,060, so the median in San Diego is 4.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,788
Employers nationwide
593
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$108,060
Share of national filings in San Diego
2.0%
Cities with the most applications for Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ297
  2. New York City, NY145
  3. San Jose, CA143
  4. Austin, TX112
  5. Glen Allen, VA61
  6. San Francisco, CA59
  7. Omaha, NE58
  8. San Diego, CA57
  9. Chicago, IL54
  10. Sunrise, FL37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Engineer" ranks #59 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Engineer in San Diego
59
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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