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Firmware Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Firmware Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
40
Median offered wage
$141,045
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$141,045certified 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 Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202220
FY20236
FY20243
FY20257
FY2026*4
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8
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. Intel Corporation28
  2. SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp4
  3. Auris Health, Inc.3
  4. SF Motors, Inc.1
  5. Socionext America, Inc.1
  6. Inceptio Technology, Inc.1
  7. Precision Neuroscience Corporation1
  8. 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 $141,045; middle half $130,894 to $161,523 · median prevailing wage $135,194 (marker) · 40 applications.

$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II9
  3. Level III6
  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 "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 Santa Clara is 14.0% 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 Santa Clara
6.3%
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 Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Firmware Engineer" ranks #100 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Firmware Engineer in Santa Clara
100
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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