H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Principal Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering

Occupation profile for Principal Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering covers 11 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $165,275.

FY2025 certified median
$165,275
Total filings
11
FY2025 25th–75th percentile
$151,091–$167,512
Top employer
Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202511$165,275$151,091$167,512

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, VLSI Design EngineeringFY2025 $165,275$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2025$165,275Certified median offer, Principal Engineer, VLSI Design EngineeringFY2025 $165,275$0$60k$120k$180kFY2025$165,275
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Sandisk Technologies, Inc.11 filings

Top cities

  1. Folsom4 filings
  2. Milpitas4 filings
  3. Hayward1 filings
  4. San Jose1 filings
  5. Santa Clara1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Sandisk Technologies, Inc. · Principal Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering11 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
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
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