H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering

Occupation profile for Staff Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering covers 17 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $129,772.

FY2026 certified median
$129,772
Total filings
17
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$129,772–$146,717
Top employer
Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20244$129,450$107,000$151,900
FY20258$132,501$124,197$143,377
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)5$129,772$129,772$146,717

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, VLSI Design EngineeringFY2024 $129,450; FY2025 $132,501; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $129,772$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$129,450FY2025$132,501FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$129,772Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, VLSI Design EngineeringFY2024 $129,450; FY2025 $132,501; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $129,772$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$129,450FY2025$132,501FY2026*$129,772
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Sandisk Technologies, Inc.13 filings
  2. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.4 filings

Top cities

  1. Milpitas9 filings
  2. San Jose6 filings
  3. Belmont1 filings
  4. Los Gatos1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Sandisk Technologies, Inc. · Staff Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering13 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2072$108,846$138,528$168,189$197,870