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Senior Design Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Senior Design Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
42
Median offered wage
$140,897
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$140,897certified 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 "Senior Design Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202224
FY20235
FY20247
FY20251
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
97.6%
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. Micron Technology, Inc.16
  2. Xilinx, Inc.14
  3. Arm, Inc.4
  4. Calsoft Labs, Inc.4
  5. NXP USA, Inc.1
  6. Qorvo US, Inc.1
  7. Target Enterprise, Inc.1
  8. Black Sesame Technologies Inc1
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 $140,897; middle half $133,544 to $153,504 · median prevailing wage $126,984 (marker) · 41 applications.

$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II21
  3. Level III9
  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 "Senior Design Engineer" appears on 357 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 141 employers for worksites in 122 cities; the median offered wage is $110,358, so the median in San Jose is 27.7% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
357
Employers nationwide
141
Cities with filings
122
National median offered wage
$110,358
Share of national filings in San Jose
11.8%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Design Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA42
  2. Austin, TX34
  3. Farmington Hills, MI19
  4. Louisville, KY11
  5. Houston, TX11
  6. Troy, MI8
  7. Tucson, AZ7
  8. Greensboro, NC7
  9. Raymond, OH7
  10. Cumming, GA6
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; "Senior Design Engineer" ranks #141 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Senior Design Engineer in San Jose
141
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (all job titles)
$135,150
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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