H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

VLSI CAD Engineering

Occupation profile for VLSI CAD Engineering covers 59 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $181,100.

FY2026 certified median
$181,100
Total filings
59
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$160,553–$183,975
Top employer
Apple Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202530$170,479$153,929$196,335
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)29$181,100$160,553$183,975

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, VLSI CAD EngineeringFY2025 $170,479; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $181,100$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2025$170,479FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$181,100Certified median offer, VLSI CAD EngineeringFY2025 $170,479; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $181,100$0$70k$140k$210kFY2025$170,479FY2026*$181,100
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Apple Inc.59 filings

Top cities

  1. Cupertino17 filings
  2. Sunnyvale14 filings
  3. Austin13 filings
  4. Santa Clara7 filings
  5. San Jose3 filings
  6. Cambridge2 filings
  7. Beaverton2 filings
  8. San Diego1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Apple Inc. · VLSI CAD Engineering59 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
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2141$117,998$141,835$165,693$189,530
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2071$93,205$125,403$157,602$189,800
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2141$77,314$97,885$118,435$139,006
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
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2141$86,091$104,042$121,971$139,922