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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 17-2072 · CBSA 41740

Occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072)
Metropolitan area
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
6,783
Median offered wage
$128,898
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median wage$128,898certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Electronics Engineers, Except Computer with a worksite in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA: applications by fiscal year

6561,311FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
6561,311FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020769
FY20211,004
FY20221,311
FY20231,290
FY2024939
FY20251,015
FY2026*455
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*40451
FY202595857
FY202489148
FY20231,176114
FY20221,133178
FY2021838166
FY2020588181
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.8,540
  2. Qualcomm Incorporated1,624
  3. Apple Inc.481
  4. Smartplay, Inc.258
  5. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.213
  6. Broadcom Corporation204
  7. Psemi Corporation186
  8. Maxlinear, Inc.156
  9. Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.118
  10. Intel Corporation112
  11. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.111
  12. Synopsys, Inc.97
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, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $128,898; middle half $114,500 to $152,506 · median prevailing wage $124,405 (marker) · 3,405 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I52
  2. Level II1,657
  3. Level III803
  4. Level IV784
Job titles
  1. Senior Asics Engineer365
  2. Asics Engineer325
  3. Staff Asics Engineer271
  4. Senior Staff Asics Engineer190
  5. Senior Hardware Engineer176
  6. Hardware Engineer166
  7. Senior Camera Engineer145
  8. Staff Hardware Engineer131
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer appears on 67,464 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 2,860 employers in 312 metropolitan areas; San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA accounts for 10.05% of them, and its median offered wage is 7.3% below the national median of $139,000.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
67,464
Metropolitan areas with filings
312
Employers nationwide
2,860
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$139,000
Share in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
10.05%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA25,689
  2. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX8,534
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA6,783
  4. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA3,429
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,498
  6. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA2,316
  7. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,211
  8. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,656
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,546
  10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,441
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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