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Firmware Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Firmware Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
68
Median offered wage
$135,283
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$135,283certified 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 "Firmware Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY202312
FY202420
FY202516
FY2026*15
Certified (decided applications)
98.5%
Employers filing
23
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. Trackonomy Systems, Inc.16
  2. Micron Technology, Inc.14
  3. Super Micro Computer, Inc7
  4. Sibros Technologies Inc.4
  5. Stryker Corporation3
  6. Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC2
  7. Credo Semiconductor, Inc.2
  8. Volto Consulting and Services LLC2
  9. Tecan Systems, Inc.2
  10. Microchip Technology Inc.2
  11. Varex Imaging Corporation2
  12. Astera Labs, 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 $135,283; middle half $121,580 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $127,575 (marker) · 65 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I28
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III6
  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 "Firmware Engineer" appears on 630 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 181 employers for worksites in 137 cities; the median offered wage is $123,677, so the median in San Jose is 9.4% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
630
Employers nationwide
181
Cities with filings
137
National median offered wage
$123,677
Share of national filings in San Jose
10.8%
Cities with the most applications for Firmware Engineer
  1. Hillsboro, OR78
  2. San Jose, CA68
  3. Folsom, CA54
  4. Santa Clara, CA40
  5. Austin, TX28
  6. Mountain View, CA24
  7. Foster City, CA23
  8. San Diego, CA16
  9. San Francisco, CA15
  10. Sunnyvale, CA12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The San Jose job market

San Jose has 52,029 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,727 job titles and 4,101 employers; "Firmware Engineer" ranks #83 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Firmware Engineer in San Jose
83
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Jose
  1. Software Engineer2,964
  2. Software Development Engineer1,223
  3. Senior Software Engineer972
  4. Software Engineer 3804
  5. MTS 1, Software Engineer642
  6. Machine Learning Engineer615
  7. Software Developer559
  8. Product Manager454
  9. Member of Technical Staff446
  10. MTS 2, Software Engineer390
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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