H-1B wage filings in San Jose, CA
Jobs with a worksite in San Jose, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
11,322 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named San Jose, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 1,384 employers. The median offered wage was $179,102, 2.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (777).
- Filings
- 11,322
- Positions covered
- 27,722
- Employers
- 1,384
- Median offered
- $179,102
- Median prevailing wage
- $159,190
- Filings since FY2020
- 71,121
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +46%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in San Jose, CA rose 46%, from $122,949 in fiscal 2020 to $179,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.7% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 11,051 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 Jose, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 9,363 | $179,000 | +6.5% | $158,995 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 11,013 | $168,000 | +2.4% | $152,768 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 10,022 | $164,000 | +10.5% | $147,432 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 9,561 | $148,383 | +4.2% | $141,107 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 11,051 | $142,443 | +4.9% | $131,713 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 10,178 | $135,824 | +10.5% | $124,968 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 9,933 | $122,949 | n/a | $115,190 | +0.3% |
Employers filing for jobs in San Jose
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal, Inc. | 888 | $185,000 | +7.7% | |
| Adobe Inc. | 782 | $194,000 | +4.7% | |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 723 | $215,800 | +21.0% | |
| ByteDance Inc. | 541 | $235,000 | +23.2% | |
| eBay Inc. | 441 | $209,536 | +9.1% | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 366 | $179,094 | at the minimum | |
| TikTok Inc. | 339 | $254,000 | +22.6% | |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 225 | $156,760 | at the minimum | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 191 | $157,576 | +24.5% | |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 189 | $181,293 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 167 | $200,000 | +7.6% | |
| Zoom Communications, Inc. | 154 | $172,581 | at the minimum | |
| Nutanix, Inc. | 149 | $186,858 | at the minimum | |
| Xilinx, Inc. | 147 | $174,015 | at the minimum | |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 123 | $148,310 | at the minimum | |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | 121 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC | 116 | $195,000 | +16.3% | |
| Zscaler, Inc. | 115 | $197,020 | +4.0% | |
| TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. | 111 | $200,000 | +8.3% | |
| ASML US, LP | 107 | $158,621 | at the minimum | |
| Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. | 86 | $173,197 | +9.2% | |
| Archer Aviation Inc. | 86 | $189,609 | +0.9% | |
| IBM Corporation | 83 | $216,320 | +6.4% | |
| Apple Inc. | 77 | $181,831 | at the minimum | |
| Astera Labs INC | 77 | $166,400 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 1,384. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in San Jose
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 777 | $165,110 | +2.0% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 390 | $181,953 | +7.2% | |
| Software Development Engineer | 334 | $187,741 | +3.8% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 200 | $187,741 | +3.1% | |
| Product Manager | 153 | $186,000 | +12.5% | |
| MTS 1, Software Engineer | 96 | $206,828 | +6.7% | |
| Staff Engineer | 91 | $191,886 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 90 | $214,325 | +10.5% | |
| Software Engineer III | 88 | $176,224 | +9.1% | |
| Accountants and Auditors | 78 | $130,000 | +23.2% | |
| Software Developer | 76 | $187,741 | +0.1% | |
| Data Scientist | 74 | $174,304 | +2.6% | |
| Senior Product Manager | 71 | $193,800 | +13.6% | |
| Data Engineer | 70 | $149,183 | +0.2% | |
| Senior Engineer | 70 | $159,890 | at the minimum | |
| MTS 2, Software Engineer | 64 | $240,839 | +12.9% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 64 | $190,000 | +8.4% | |
| Manager | 61 | $181,000 | +2.5% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 59 | $182,127 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 59 | $197,053 | +7.9% | |
| Database Administrators | 57 | $165,648 | +28.8% | |
| Software Engineer II | 55 | $149,365 | +1.4% | |
| Senior Staff Engineer | 53 | $216,091 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Engineer | 43 | $199,796 | +0.2% | |
| Senior Software Development Engineer | 43 | $168,623 | 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.