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Test Engineer in San Jose, CA

Job title · San Jose, California

Job title as filed
Test Engineer
City
San Jose, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
48
Median offered wage
$131,646
Most common occupation
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Median wage$131,646certified 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 "Test Engineer" and a worksite in San Jose.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20223
FY202310
FY20246
FY202524
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
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. Google LLC12
  2. Bytedance Inc.5
  3. TikTok Inc.5
  4. Microchip Technology Inc.3
  5. Xilinx, Inc.2
  6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company2
  7. Sunmobitech LLC2
  8. Cisco Systems, Inc.2
  9. Nous Infosystems Inc1
  10. NSG Technology, Inc.1
  11. Power Integrations, 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 $131,646; middle half $102,710 to $166,250 · median prevailing wage $128,970 (marker) · 48 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I17
  2. Level II15
  3. Level III8
  4. Level IV3
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 "Test Engineer" appears on 2,312 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 609 employers for worksites in 479 cities; the median offered wage is $96,720, so the median in San Jose is 36.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,312
Employers nationwide
609
Cities with filings
479
National median offered wage
$96,720
Share of national filings in San Jose
2.1%
Cities with the most applications for Test Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA139
  2. Santa Clara, CA77
  3. Austin, TX63
  4. Plano, TX54
  5. Sunnyvale, CA50
  6. San Jose, CA48
  7. Palo Alto, CA46
  8. Chicago, IL43
  9. Fremont, CA38
  10. New York City, NY34
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; "Test Engineer" ranks #123 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Jose, all job titles
52,029
Job titles filed
13,727
Rank of Test Engineer in San Jose
123
Median offered wage in San Jose, all job titles
$158,732
National median wage, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (all job titles)
$101,234
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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