H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Firmware Engineer

Occupation profile for Senior Firmware Engineer covers 90 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $177,500.

FY2026 certified median
$177,500
Total filings
90
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$141,532–$204,161
Top employer
Zoox Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202443$165,700$136,843$185,000
FY202526$140,500$130,000$168,759
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)21$177,500$141,532$204,161

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Firmware EngineerFY2024 $165,700; FY2025 $140,500; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $177,500$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$165,700FY2025$140,500FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$177,500Certified median offer, Senior Firmware EngineerFY2024 $165,700; FY2025 $140,500; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $177,500$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$165,700FY2025$140,500FY2026*$177,500
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Zoox Inc.9 filings
  2. Brambles USA Inc5 filings
  3. Micron Technology, Inc.4 filings
  4. Astera Labs INC3 filings
  5. Google LLC3 filings
  6. ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC.3 filings
  7. Advanced Bionics LLC2 filings
  8. Dojo Five LLC2 filings
  9. Electric Hydrogen Co2 filings
  10. HANWHA Q CELLS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2 filings

Top cities

  1. San Jose13 filings
  2. Foster City7 filings
  3. Mountain View7 filings
  4. San Francisco5 filings
  5. Santa Clara4 filings
  6. Fremont3 filings
  7. San Diego3 filings
  8. Andover3 filings
  9. Milpitas2 filings
  10. Longmont2 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Zoox Inc. · Senior Firmware Engineer9 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 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2071$106,038$133,973$161,886$189,821
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2071$130,686$159,890$189,072$218,275
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2061$152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2199$105,664$138,237$170,830$203,403
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1299$71,843$99,050$126,277$153,483
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051