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Hardware Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Hardware Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
137
Median offered wage
$104,562
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$104,562certified 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 "Hardware Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

2550FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2550FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202250
FY202348
FY202417
FY202516
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.119
  2. Google LLC10
  3. Microsoft Corporation5
  4. Kneron, Inc.2
  5. Comma.ai, 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 $104,562; middle half $101,192 to $109,274 · median prevailing wage $104,562 (marker) · 135 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II48
  3. Level III4
  4. Level IV6
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 "Hardware Engineer" appears on 1,202 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 162 employers for worksites in 160 cities; the median offered wage is $141,220, so the median in San Diego is 26.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,202
Employers nationwide
162
Cities with filings
160
National median offered wage
$141,220
Share of national filings in San Diego
11.4%
Cities with the most applications for Hardware Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA205
  2. San Diego, CA137
  3. Redmond, WA114
  4. San Jose, CA81
  5. Sunnyvale, CA81
  6. Santa Clara, CA74
  7. Austin, TX35
  8. Fremont, CA23
  9. Folsom, CA22
  10. Hillsboro, OR22
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; "Hardware Engineer" ranks #17 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Hardware Engineer in San Diego
17
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (all job titles)
$135,150
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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