Applications Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 111 wage applications for Applications Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 60 employers. The median offered wage was $123,362, 1.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. NVIDIA Corporation filed the most (12, median $182,167).

Filings: 111
Positions covered: 132
Employers: 60
Median offered: $123,362
Median prevailing wage: $110,168
Filings since FY2020: 995
Median offer change since FY2020: +30%

Applications Engineer, all employers111 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$123,362Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$100,415 to $137,010Where the middle half of the filings fall

$110,168Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Applications Engineer jobs rose 30%, from $92,250 in fiscal 2020 to $120,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 190 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.

Applications Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	86	$120,000	+0.1%	$107,182	+1.0%
2025	120	$119,904	+9.8%	$105,243	+4.7%
2024	139	$109,200	+2.6%	$99,445	+6.3%
2023	137	$106,434	−4.7%	$101,254	+0.1%
2022	167	$111,738	+20.1%	$106,246	+0.8%
2021	156	$93,000	+0.8%	$90,395	at the minimum
2020	190	$92,250	n/a	$88,691	at the minimum

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
NVIDIA Corporation	12	$182,167	at the minimum
Arrow Electronics, Inc.	9	$152,145	+11.3%
Microchip Technology Inc.	6	$96,314	at the minimum
Lands' End, Inc.	6	$130,894	at the minimum
Siemens Industry Software Inc.	5	$124,987	+16.6%
Texas Instruments Incorporated	5	$127,000	+18.1%
Cynosure Technologies, LLC	4	$88,000	+5.8%
Krumware, LLC	3	$110,000	+11.9%
Micron Technology, Inc.	3	$101,970	+12.9%
Sensata Technologies, Inc.	3	$101,001	+19.3%
Cirrus Logic, Inc.	2	$123,433	+0.2%
Parker Hannifin Corporation	2	$125,986	at the minimum
Abacus Power, Inc.	2	$137,500	+8.1%
Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, Inc.	2	$130,000	+4.5%
Chef Robotics, Inc.	2	$152,761	+27.8%
Smartbridge, LLC	1	$234,016	+56.3%
Hyper Solutions, Inc.	1	$110,500	at the minimum
Robinhood Markets, Inc.	1	$135,700	at the minimum
Omniskope, Inc	1	$134,514	at the minimum
Flowserve US Company	1	$120,000	+1.3%
Park Systems, Inc.	1	$132,246	at the minimum
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial US, Inc.	1	$68,869	at the minimum
Onto Innovation, Inc.	1	$125,000	+20.5%
V-Soft Consulting Group, INC	1	$115,000	+0.2%
Yanmar America Corporation	1	$120,000	+12.3%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 60. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Applications Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Santa Clara, CA	14	$168,792	+0.6%
Centennial, CO	9	$152,145	+11.3%
Chandler, AZ	6	$96,314	at the minimum
Dodgeville, WI	6	$130,894	at the minimum
Austin, TX	4	$113,000	+0.3%
Dallas, TX	4	$131,700	+19.4%
Columbia, SC	3	$110,000	+11.9%
Houston, TX	3	$120,000	+28.5%
San Francisco, CA	3	$150,000	+34.7%
Boise, ID	2	$99,550	+6.4%
Farmers Branch, TX	2	$90,500	+12.9%
Hillsboro, OR	2	$155,054	at the minimum
Indianapolis, IN	2	$105,812	+16.6%
San Jose, CA	2	$157,885	+11.7%
Troy, MI	2	$102,769	+21.9%
Wixom, MI	2	$85,717	at the minimum
Wylie, TX	2	$130,000	+4.5%
Alameda, CA	1	$124,987	+16.6%
Anaheim, CA	1	$63,107	at the minimum
Attleboro, MA	1	$100,901	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	1	$93,642	+20.4%
Bartlett, IL	1	$91,255	+1.3%
Bellevue, WA	1	$98,488	at the minimum
Broussard, LA	1	$81,000	+1.3%
Burlington, MA	1	$119,392	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry35%

Level II, qualified34%

Level III, experienced13%

Level IV, fully competent17%

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.