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Senior Staff Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Senior Staff Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
144
Median offered wage
$200,000
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$200,000certified 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 Staff Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202237
FY202336
FY202410
FY202525
FY2026*36
Certified (decided applications)
99.3%
Employers filing
29
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 Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.38
  2. MediaTek USA Inc.23
  3. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.18
  4. Nutanix, Inc.13
  5. SK hynix memory solutions America inc.6
  6. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation5
  7. Akeana USA, Inc5
  8. Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.5
  9. Credo Semiconductor, Inc.3
  10. Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical & Environmental Sciences Consultants2
  11. Aviva Links Inc.2
  12. VeriFone, Inc.2
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 $200,000; middle half $175,086 to $216,091 · median prevailing wage $184,080 (marker) · 140 applications.

$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
$140k$170k$200k$230k$260k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II9
  3. Level III24
  4. Level IV84
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 Staff Engineer" appears on 773 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 170 employers for worksites in 153 cities; the median offered wage is $170,000, so the median in San Jose is 17.6% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
773
Employers nationwide
170
Cities with filings
153
National median offered wage
$170,000
Share of national filings in San Jose
18.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Staff Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA144
  2. Santa Clara, CA67
  3. Austin, TX63
  4. San Diego, CA35
  5. San Francisco, CA32
  6. Auburn Hills, MI24
  7. Sunnyvale, CA21
  8. New York City, NY19
  9. Marlborough, MA18
  10. Seattle, WA14
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 Staff Engineer" ranks #27 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Senior Staff Engineer in San Jose
27
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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