H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Physical Design Engineer

Occupation profile for Senior Physical Design Engineer covers 28 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $216,091.

FY2026 certified median
$216,091
Total filings
28
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$172,067–$216,091
Top employer
NVIDIA Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20244$163,000$156,250$169,500
FY20258$152,124$126,242$168,668
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)16$216,091$172,067$216,091

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Physical Design EngineerFY2024 $163,000; FY2025 $152,124; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $216,091$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$163,000FY2025$152,124FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$216,091Certified median offer, Senior Physical Design EngineerFY2024 $163,000; FY2025 $152,124; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $216,091$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$163,000FY2025$152,124FY2026*$216,091
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. NVIDIA Corporation13 filings
  2. Astera Labs INC6 filings
  3. Aptamitra USA Consulting LLC2 filings
  4. Achronix Semiconductor Corporation1 filings
  5. Chromatic Inc.1 filings
  6. CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION1 filings
  7. EnCharge AI, Inc.1 filings
  8. Lightmatter, Inc.1 filings
  9. NXP USA, Inc.1 filings
  10. Tenstorrent USA Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Santa Clara13 filings
  2. San Jose5 filings
  3. Hillsboro2 filings
  4. Austin2 filings
  5. Irving2 filings
  6. Folsom1 filings
  7. Boston1 filings
  8. Westborough1 filings
  9. Lynnwood1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. NVIDIA Corporation · Senior Physical Design Engineer13 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
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2071$130,686$159,890$189,072$218,275
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910017-2072$93,746$117,104$140,442$163,800
2026-27Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAArea 3890017-2072$94,973$119,912$144,851$169,790
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2072$103,189$128,440$153,712$178,963
2026-27Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CAArea 4090017-2072$105,602$127,088$148,554$170,040
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2061$152,173$180,294$208,437$236,558
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266017-2072$94,162$119,475$144,768$170,082
2026-27Worcester, MAArea 4934017-2072$85,093$102,482$119,870$137,259