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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 17-2072 · CBSA 41940

Occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072)
Metropolitan area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
25,689
Median offered wage
$162,347
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$162,347certified 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA: applications by fiscal year

2,1204,240FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2,1204,240FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20203,312
FY20213,835
FY20224,240
FY20233,554
FY20243,234
FY20254,130
FY2026*3,384
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,672712
FY20253,0951,035
FY20242,528706
FY20232,745809
FY20223,2401,000
FY20212,8251,010
FY20202,394918
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. Apple Inc.6,631
  2. Intel Corporation6,293
  3. NVIDIA Corporation3,840
  4. Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.2,697
  5. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.2,190
  6. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.1,833
  7. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.1,181
  8. Xilinx, Inc.1,175
  9. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.1,122
  10. Synopsys, Inc.1,104
  11. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.1,076
  12. Smartplay, Inc.886
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 $162,347; middle half $145,000 to $187,000 · median prevailing wage $156,853 (marker) · 10,939 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I696
  2. Level II2,397
  3. Level III2,164
  4. Level IV2,864
Job titles
  1. Component Design Engineer1,573
  2. Hardware Engineer, Electronics549
  3. Asic Design Engineer402
  4. MTS Silicon Design Engineer326
  5. Physical Design Engineer325
  6. Hardware Development Engineer314
  7. Design Verification Engineer309
  8. SR. Silicon Design Engineer289
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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA accounts for 38.08% of them, and its median offered wage is 16.8% above 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
38.08%
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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