H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Physical Design Engineer

Occupation profile for Staff Physical Design Engineer covers 14 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $170,000.

FY2026 certified median
$170,000
Total filings
14
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$156,936–$188,760
Top employer
Tenstorrent USA Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$215,000$200,000$220,000
FY20253$210,000$190,000$230,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)6$170,000$156,936$188,760

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Physical Design EngineerFY2024 $215,000; FY2025 $210,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $170,000$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$215,000FY2025$210,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$170,000Certified median offer, Staff Physical Design EngineerFY2024 $215,000; FY2025 $210,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $170,000$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$215,000FY2025$210,000FY2026*$170,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Tenstorrent USA Inc.5 filings
  2. Lightmatter, Inc.3 filings
  3. Micron Technology, Inc.3 filings
  4. Aeva, Inc.1 filings
  5. Maxlinear, Inc.1 filings
  6. Tesla, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Austin4 filings
  2. Mountain View3 filings
  3. Richardson3 filings
  4. Santa Clara2 filings
  5. Carlsbad1 filings
  6. Boston1 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
    2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910017-2071$79,435$103,771$128,086$152,422
    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 1242017-2061$116,958$145,558$174,179$202,779
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2071$87,818$109,616$131,435$153,234
    2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174017-2071$82,638$106,808$130,978$155,147