Application Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
Employers filed 361 wage applications for Application Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 123 employers. The median offered wage was $108,012, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Capital One Services, LLC filed the most (69, median $108,012).
- Filings
- 361
- Positions covered
- 355
- Employers
- 123
- Median offered
- $108,012
- Median prevailing wage
- $108,012
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,642
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +13%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Application Engineer jobs rose 13%, from $95,434 in fiscal 2020 to $108,012 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 515 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.
Application Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 299 | $108,012 | +1.4% | $108,012 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 366 | $106,558 | +3.5% | $106,558 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 450 | $103,000 | no change | $102,690 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 429 | $103,000 | +8.4% | $94,765 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 515 | $95,000 | no change | $92,685 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 231 | $95,000 | −0.5% | $90,646 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 352 | $95,434 | n/a | $90,979 | +0.6% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One Services, LLC | 69 | $108,012 | at the minimum | |
| DFS Corporate Services LLC | 64 | $108,012 | at the minimum | |
| Google LLC | 35 | $180,000 | +15.9% | |
| Intel Corporation | 16 | $161,740 | +1.8% | |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 9 | $150,000 | +6.5% | |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 7 | $127,500 | +23.2% | |
| Manitex, Inc | 6 | $125,000 | +5.4% | |
| Applied Materials, Inc | 6 | $137,900 | +2.7% | |
| Remote Tiger, Inc. | 6 | $86,000 | +5.7% | |
| Pulse Network LLC | 6 | $104,332 | at the minimum | |
| Dataquest Corp | 3 | $90,700 | +6.0% | |
| Advantest America Inc. | 3 | $149,449 | at the minimum | |
| Reed Semiconductor | 3 | $110,240 | at the minimum | |
| Robert Bosch, LLC | 3 | $102,190 | +9.1% | |
| The MathWorks, Inc. | 3 | $130,731 | +1.6% | |
| Centizen Inc. | 3 | $112,424 | +10.0% | |
| Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. | 2 | $173,476 | +6.5% | |
| HiPA Photonics Inc. | 2 | $77,709 | +0.4% | |
| Durr Systems LLC | 2 | $97,382 | +4.0% | |
| HCA Management Services LP | 2 | $87,382 | at the minimum | |
| Shining 3D Technology Inc | 2 | $76,045 | at the minimum | |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 2 | $173,300 | +12.9% | |
| Bitwise Inc. | 2 | $96,250 | +20.8% | |
| Veoneer US Safety Systems, LLC | 2 | $102,893 | +9.9% | |
| General Motors | 2 | $131,033 | +10.0% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 123. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Application Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwoods, IL | 109 | $108,012 | at the minimum | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 25 | $176,000 | +6.9% | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 11 | $155,251 | +0.5% | |
| Chandler, AZ | 9 | $134,514 | +2.2% | |
| Georgetown, TX | 8 | $119,113 | +2.7% | |
| Houston, TX | 8 | $105,347 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 6 | $180,000 | +29.4% | |
| Folsom, CA | 6 | $159,468 | +0.5% | |
| Vienna, VA | 6 | $152,402 | +6.7% | |
| Chicago, IL | 5 | $108,012 | +1.8% | |
| Frisco, TX | 5 | $112,923 | +0.1% | |
| San Jose, CA | 5 | $149,449 | +0.1% | |
| Southfield, MI | 5 | $100,786 | +6.5% | |
| Wilsonville, OR | 5 | $127,500 | +42.0% | |
| Nashville, TN | 4 | $101,437 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 4 | $184,500 | +27.1% | |
| San Diego, CA | 4 | $144,486 | +0.5% | |
| Tampa, FL | 4 | $83,423 | at the minimum | |
| Addison, TX | 3 | $156,425 | +15.9% | |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 3 | $101,267 | +8.1% | |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 3 | $102,190 | +9.1% | |
| Malvern, PA | 3 | $88,088 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 3 | $108,012 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 3 | $105,693 | at the minimum | |
| Warwick, RI | 3 | $110,240 | 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.
- 6 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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