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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2072 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2072
Share of U.S. applications
1.30%
Applications on record
157,665
FY2025
10,108
Median offered wage
$144,000
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$144,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

5,72911kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
5,72911kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20081,143
FY20091,783
FY20106,110
FY20117,376
FY20127,201
FY20137,982
FY20149,662
FY20159,854
FY201610,631
FY20179,189
FY201810,087
FY20199,182
FY20208,834
FY202110,376
FY202211,458
FY202310,039
FY20248,930
FY202510,108
FY2026*7,720
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*006,2671,453
FY2025008,1421,966
FY2024017,4151,514
FY2023008,1161,923
FY2022009,3752,083
FY2021008,1372,239
FY2020006,6442,190
FY2019106,4932,688
FY2018006,7743,313
FY2017006,4802,709
FY2016006,8273,804
FY2015006,4523,402
FY2014006,6053,057
FY2013006,1331,849
FY2012005,1012,100
FY2011005,4961,880
FY2010004,2011,909
FY200900882901
FY20080001,143
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation23,130
  2. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.13,207
  3. Apple Inc.8,655
  4. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.6,047
  5. NVIDIA Corporation5,069
  6. Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.3,408
  7. Micron Technology, Inc.2,290
  8. Texas Instruments Incorporated2,202
  9. Qualcomm Incorporated2,052
  10. Broadcom Corporation2,011
  11. Synopsys, Inc.1,881
  12. Analog Devices Inc1,786
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer: applications by worksite state

4+35+145+417+1,750+
4+35+145+417+1,750+
Data table
StateApplications
CA83,517
TX22,110
OR7,933
MA6,100
AZ5,671
MI4,602
NY2,936
NC2,758
WA2,182
IL2,113
CO1,844
FL1,750
PA1,689
NJ1,539
VA1,251
ID1,246
GA1,182
MN877
IN758
OH655
MD469
IA448
UT417
WI359
KS347
NH344
SC272
VT211
CT202
TN196
AL169
OK157
MO148
LA145
NV141
KY115
RI103
NM91
AR83
ND80
MS57
PR51
WY50
NE50
DE35
HI33
ME32
WV32
DC29
GU27
SD15
MT14
AK10
VI4
MP4
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA53,887
  2. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX15,067
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA14,357
  4. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA7,942
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH5,841
  6. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA5,747
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,477
  8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ5,331
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,020
  10. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI4,173
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $144,000; middle half $119,434 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $134,740 (marker) · 21,599 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,733
  2. Level II6,425
  3. Level III4,959
  4. Level IV5,342
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Component Design Engineer9,311
  2. Electronics Engineer2,264
  3. Product Engineer2,228
  4. RF Engineer1,967
  5. Senior Hardware Engineer1,886
  6. Design Engineer1,847
  7. Hardware Engineer1,769
  8. Systems Engineer1,452
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Binghamton, NY
  • Boise City, ID
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Boulder, CO
  • Burlington-South Burlington, VT
  • Cedar Rapids, IA
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Columbus, IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Manchester-Nashua, NH
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
  • Peoria, IL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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