H-1B wage filings in Sunnyvale, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Sunnyvale, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
10,277 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Sunnyvale, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 751 employers. The median offered wage was $181,293, 1.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (1,938).
- Filings
- 10,277
- Positions covered
- 21,520
- Employers
- 751
- Median offered
- $181,293
- Median prevailing wage
- $170,068
- Filings since FY2020
- 68,786
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Sunnyvale, CA rose 33%, from $136,550 in fiscal 2020 to $181,293 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 11,478 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.
Sunnyvale, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 8,367 | $181,293 | +4.8% | $169,576 | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 10,497 | $173,000 | +2.9% | $166,962 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 9,292 | $168,154 | +0.6% | $156,672 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 9,248 | $167,149 | +6.1% | $141,378 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 11,478 | $157,477 | +7.1% | $135,041 | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 9,115 | $147,000 | +7.7% | $130,894 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 10,789 | $136,550 | n/a | $120,390 | +7.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Sunnyvale
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 2,242 | $200,000 | +7.6% | |
| Apple Inc. | 1,379 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 961 | $187,741 | +11.6% | |
| Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 900 | $150,080 | at the minimum | |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 851 | $186,142 | at the minimum | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 466 | $218,201 | +10.7% | |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 240 | $166,000 | at the minimum | |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 240 | $215,150 | +9.6% | |
| Infosys Limited | 213 | $139,443 | at the minimum | |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 121 | $152,961 | at the minimum | |
| Nokia of America Corporation | 103 | $190,000 | +13.2% | |
| Applied Intuition, Inc. | 99 | $176,650 | +3.7% | |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 82 | $187,741 | +2.8% | |
| Synopsys, Inc. | 81 | $172,225 | at the minimum | |
| Wipro Limited | 76 | $139,443 | at the minimum | |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 64 | $130,853 | at the minimum | |
| DGN Technologies, Inc | 57 | $150,218 | +3.2% | |
| CrowdStrike, Inc. | 52 | $218,325 | +9.2% | |
| Illumio, Inc. | 48 | $172,931 | at the minimum | |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 47 | $154,876 | at the minimum | |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | 45 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| Wayve Technologies, Inc | 44 | $258,000 | +11.3% | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 38 | $181,293 | at the minimum | |
| Fiserv Solutions, LLC | 38 | $169,060 | at the minimum | |
| CoreWeave, Inc. | 36 | $241,000 | +29.8% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 751. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Sunnyvale
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,938 | $193,000 | +6.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 515 | $172,966 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering Applications | 272 | $203,495 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 264 | $187,741 | +14.3% | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 261 | $153,301 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer III | 118 | $117,000 | +8.5% | |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 108 | $177,681 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer III | 103 | $226,138 | +16.2% | |
| Technology Consultant 2 | 94 | $139,443 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist | 87 | $217,528 | +14.9% | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 84 | $149,365 | +5.0% | |
| Applied Scientist II | 81 | $198,000 | +20.5% | |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 79 | $193,978 | at the minimum | |
| Product Manager | 77 | $213,900 | +10.8% | |
| Data Scientist | 74 | $174,304 | +2.6% | |
| Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure | 70 | $147,182 | at the minimum | |
| Silicon Generalist | 69 | $189,000 | +9.2% | |
| Software Development Engineering | 65 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 61 | $172,170 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 61 | $174,304 | at the minimum | |
| Technical Program Manager | 60 | $215,000 | +10.9% | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 59 | $153,301 | at the minimum | |
| Software Development Engineer - Test | 59 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Program Manager | 58 | $201,000 | +14.5% | |
| Software Developer | 58 | $147,400 | 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.