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Senior Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Senior Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
68
Median offered wage
$128,027
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$128,027certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202216
FY202317
FY20249
FY202514
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
21
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. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.35
  2. MediaTek USA Inc.7
  3. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.5
  4. Arm, Inc.3
  5. Ibase Operations Corp.2
  6. Ibase Consulting of Fairfield County, LLC1
  7. Ice Mortgage Technology, Inc.1
  8. Egen Solutions, Inc.1
  9. CPM Ltd., Inc.1
  10. Anokiwave, Inc.1
  11. 317 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 $128,027; middle half $119,891 to $143,187 · median prevailing wage $124,405 (marker) · 67 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II29
  3. Level III30
  4. Level IV7
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 Engineer" appears on 4,123 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 716 employers for worksites in 572 cities; the median offered wage is $135,606, so the median in San Diego is 5.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,123
Employers nationwide
716
Cities with filings
572
National median offered wage
$135,606
Share of national filings in San Diego
1.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ541
  2. Austin, TX311
  3. San Jose, CA233
  4. New York City, NY231
  5. Minneapolis, MN149
  6. Boston, MA135
  7. San Francisco, CA94
  8. Chicago, IL87
  9. Sunrise, FL73
  10. San Diego, CA68
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; "Senior Engineer" ranks #50 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Senior Engineer in San Diego
50
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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