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Silicon Engineer in Mountain View, CA

Job title · Mountain View, California

Job title as filed
Silicon Engineer
City
Mountain View, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
250
Median offered wage
$179,000
Most common occupation
Computer Hardware Engineers
Median wage$179,000certified 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 "Silicon Engineer" and a worksite in Mountain View.

Applications by fiscal year

60119FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
60119FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022119
FY202358
FY202452
FY202518
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
4
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. Microsoft Corporation127
  2. Google LLC114
  3. Waymo LLC8
  4. MatX 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 $179,000; middle half $157,518 to $200,000 · median prevailing wage $157,518 (marker) · 250 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I12
  2. Level II110
  3. Level III96
  4. Level IV12
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 "Silicon Engineer" appears on 756 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5 employers for worksites in 29 cities; the median offered wage is $163,700, so the median in Mountain View is 9.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
756
Employers nationwide
5
Cities with filings
29
National median offered wage
$163,700
Share of national filings in Mountain View
33.1%
Cities with the most applications for Silicon Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA250
  2. Morrisville, NC153
  3. Austin, TX108
  4. Hillsboro, OR77
  5. Sunnyvale, CA39
  6. Santa Clara, CA39
  7. Redmond, WA25
  8. San Diego, CA12
  9. Beaverton, OR8
  10. Portland, OR7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Mountain View job market

Mountain View has 32,943 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,870 job titles and 1,462 employers; "Silicon Engineer" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Mountain View, all job titles
32,943
Job titles filed
6,870
Rank of Silicon Engineer in Mountain View
9
Median offered wage in Mountain View, all job titles
$178,755
National median wage, Computer Hardware Engineers (all job titles)
$164,350
Other job titles in Mountain View
  1. Software Engineer11,923
  2. Senior Software Engineer942
  3. Software Engineering913
  4. Research Scientist439
  5. Staff Software Engineer419
  6. Product Manager418
  7. Data Scientist415
  8. Technical Program Manager372
  9. Program Manager210
  10. Hardware Engineer205
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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