H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Staff/Manager CPU Engineer

Occupation profile for Senior Staff/Manager CPU Engineer covers 7 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $184,400.

FY2026 certified median
$184,400
Total filings
7
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$184,400–$200,246
Top employer
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20254$184,400$184,400$184,400
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)3$184,400$184,400$200,246

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Staff/Manager CPU EngineerFY2025 $184,400; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $184,400$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2025$184,400FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$184,400Certified median offer, Senior Staff/Manager CPU EngineerFY2025 $184,400; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $184,400$0$70k$140k$210kFY2025$184,400FY2026*$184,400
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.7 filings

Top cities

  1. Austin3 filings
  2. San Diego2 filings
  3. Santa Clara1 filings
  4. Cedar Park1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
    2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2072$107,765$131,622$155,501$179,358
    2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899