H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Engineer, Firmware Engineering

Occupation profile for Principal Engineer, Firmware Engineering covers 23 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $216,587.

FY2026 certified median
$216,587
Total filings
23
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$216,587–$216,587
Top employer
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202412$140,525$137,000$151,091
FY202510$155,605$150,470$183,669
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)1$216,587$216,587$216,587

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, Firmware EngineeringFY2024 $140,525; FY2025 $155,605; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $216,587$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$140,525FY2025$155,605FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$216,587Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, Firmware EngineeringFY2024 $140,525; FY2025 $155,605; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $216,587$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$140,525FY2025$155,605FY2026*$216,587
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.17 filings
  2. Sandisk Technologies, Inc.4 filings
  3. GoPro, Inc.2 filings

Top cities

  1. Irvine5 filings
  2. Milpitas4 filings
  3. San Jose4 filings
  4. San Mateo2 filings
  5. Fremont1 filings
  6. Laguna Niguel1 filings
  7. Mountain View1 filings
  8. Newark1 filings
  9. Roseville1 filings
  10. Santa Ana1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · Principal Engineer, Firmware Engineering17 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2141$117,998$141,835$165,693$189,530
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2072$97,261$122,803$148,366$173,909
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27Colorado Springs, COArea 1782017-2072$90,709$108,472$126,214$143,978
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CAArea 4090017-2072$105,602$127,088$148,554$170,040
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2072$108,846$138,528$168,189$197,870