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Staff Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
97
Median offered wage
$144,248
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$144,248certified 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 "Staff Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202215
FY202326
FY202416
FY202524
FY2026*16
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
15
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. MediaTek USA Inc.28
  2. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.23
  3. Arm, Inc.14
  4. Bti Solutions, Inc.7
  5. Zeku Inc6
  6. Illumina, Inc.4
  7. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.4
  8. SpacePalm Incorporated3
  9. Eclinicalworks, LLC2
  10. Mindlance, Inc.1
  11. Miyamoto International 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 $144,248; middle half $130,000 to $166,941 · median prevailing wage $136,906 (marker) · 97 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I7
  2. Level II7
  3. Level III39
  4. Level IV40
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 "Staff Engineer" appears on 2,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 608 employers for worksites in 403 cities; the median offered wage is $157,000, so the median in San Diego is 8.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,456
Employers nationwide
608
Cities with filings
403
National median offered wage
$157,000
Share of national filings in San Diego
3.9%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA350
  2. Austin, TX208
  3. Palo Alto, CA119
  4. New York City, NY107
  5. San Diego, CA97
  6. Santa Clara, CA72
  7. San Francisco, CA72
  8. Houston, TX59
  9. Sunnyvale, CA54
  10. Seattle, WA37
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; "Staff Engineer" ranks #29 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Staff Engineer in San Diego
29
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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