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Lead Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA

Job title · Sunnyvale, California

Job title as filed
Lead Engineer
City
Sunnyvale, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
46
Median offered wage
$126,693
Most common occupation
Computer Programmers
Median wage$126,693certified 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 "Lead Engineer" and a worksite in Sunnyvale.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY202314
FY202410
FY20255
FY2026*6
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
11
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. Wipro Limited24
  2. Target Enterprise, Inc.8
  3. Nokia of America Corporation3
  4. Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc.3
  5. Volvo Car Technology USA LLC2
  6. Synapse Design Automation, Inc.1
  7. Skillo Inc1
  8. Altair Engineering, Inc.1
  9. Iso New England Inc.1
  10. Millennium Software, 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 $126,693; middle half $123,781 to $172,656 · median prevailing wage $126,693 (marker) · 46 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II29
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV4
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 "Lead Engineer" appears on 1,670 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 301 employers for worksites in 395 cities; the median offered wage is $116,000, so the median in Sunnyvale is 9.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,670
Employers nationwide
301
Cities with filings
395
National median offered wage
$116,000
Share of national filings in Sunnyvale
2.8%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Engineer
  1. Minneapolis, MN212
  2. Austin, TX60
  3. Sunnyvale, CA46
  4. Richfield, MN43
  5. Brooklyn Park, MN39
  6. San Francisco, CA33
  7. Chicago, IL32
  8. New York City, NY30
  9. San Jose, CA29
  10. Irving, TX28
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Sunnyvale job market

Sunnyvale has 49,680 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,895 job titles and 2,330 employers; "Lead Engineer" ranks #134 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Sunnyvale, all job titles
49,680
Job titles filed
7,895
Rank of Lead Engineer in Sunnyvale
134
Median offered wage in Sunnyvale, all job titles
$167,149
National median wage, Computer Programmers (all job titles)
$90,000
Other job titles in Sunnyvale
  1. Software Engineer9,088
  2. Senior Software Engineer1,559
  3. Software Development Engineer II1,225
  4. Staff Software Engineer1,115
  5. Software Engineer III960
  6. SR Software Engineer790
  7. Software Development Engineer I532
  8. Software Engineering Applications484
  9. Software Development Engineer III447
  10. SR. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure395
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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