H-1B wage filings in San Diego, CA
Jobs with a worksite in San Diego, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
4,017 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named San Diego, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 922 employers. The median offered wage was $140,917, 1.8% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (87).
- Filings
- 4,017
- Positions covered
- 58,510
- Employers
- 922
- Median offered
- $140,917
- Median prevailing wage
- $130,187
- Filings since FY2020
- 33,573
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +28%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in San Diego, CA rose 28%, from $108,930 in fiscal 2020 to $139,500 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 6,076 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
San Diego, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 3,231 | $139,500 | +7.2% | $130,187 | +2.2% |
| 2025 | 5,144 | $130,187 | +6.7% | $126,880 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 4,771 | $122,000 | +2.9% | $120,411 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,681 | $118,560 | +0.3% | $111,322 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 6,076 | $118,248 | +4.9% | $101,192 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 4,731 | $112,750 | +3.5% | $101,192 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,939 | $108,930 | n/a | $98,592 | +0.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in San Diego
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 601 | $152,506 | at the minimum | |
| Apple Inc. | 509 | $157,581 | +2.9% | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 174 | $165,000 | +32.9% | |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 85 | $130,915 | at the minimum | |
| Intuit Inc. | 84 | $161,661 | +9.3% | |
| ASML US, LP | 84 | $127,026 | at the minimum | |
| Illumina, Inc. | 65 | $135,138 | at the minimum | |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | 51 | $151,900 | +15.3% | |
| Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. | 49 | $157,581 | at the minimum | |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | 46 | $120,037 | at the minimum | |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 41 | $136,000 | +2.0% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 32 | $197,500 | +37.1% | |
| Google LLC | 30 | $178,500 | +17.6% | |
| Arm, Inc. | 30 | $139,475 | at the minimum | |
| Midland Credit Management, Inc | 29 | $93,800 | +13.0% | |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 26 | $161,650 | +17.3% | |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | 23 | $130,187 | at the minimum | |
| MediaTek USA Inc. | 23 | $161,000 | +0.6% | |
| Brain Corporation | 23 | $131,876 | +10.8% | |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | 23 | $130,187 | at the minimum | |
| GoFundMe, Inc. | 22 | $221,500 | +34.2% | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 21 | $182,000 | +29.2% | |
| Cymer, LLC | 21 | $127,026 | +0.2% | |
| Accenture LLP | 21 | $145,100 | +13.3% | |
| ResMed Digital Health Inc. | 20 | $159,050 | +10.7% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 922. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in San Diego
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 87 | $130,187 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 84 | $149,592 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering Systems | 71 | $166,600 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 68 | $139,500 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 61 | $184,974 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 47 | $162,600 | +24.9% | |
| Software Development Engineer - Test | 42 | $157,581 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 41 | $102,710 | +13.0% | |
| Software Development Engineer - Firmware | 41 | $157,581 | at the minimum | |
| Applied Scientist II | 39 | $175,000 | +66.4% | |
| Tools and Automation Engineer | 32 | $135,138 | +1.2% | |
| Software Engineer II | 29 | $143,000 | +15.3% | |
| Software Development Engineering | 24 | $171,600 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Engineer | 22 | $159,500 | +0.3% | |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 20 | $184,974 | at the minimum | |
| Electrical Engineer | 19 | $139,500 | +9.4% | |
| Applied Scientist I | 18 | $165,000 | +117.2% | |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester | 18 | $134,800 | +21.3% | |
| Electronics Engineer | 17 | $139,500 | +2.1% | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 17 | $129,000 | +25.5% | |
| Senior Engineer | 16 | $143,881 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Manager | 15 | $148,928 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor | 14 | $150,000 | +109.0% | |
| Engineer | 14 | $130,043 | +0.4% | |
| Graduate Engineer | 14 | $128,898 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.