Electrical Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Electrical Engineers (SOC 17-2071).

Employers filed 867 wage applications for Electrical Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 399 employers. The median offered wage was $106,301, 2.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Apple Inc. filed the most (61, median $147,400).

Filings: 867
Positions covered: 2,705
Employers: 399
Median offered: $106,301
Median prevailing wage: $96,470
Filings since FY2020: 5,108
Median offer change since FY2020: +33%

Electrical Engineer, all employers867 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$106,301Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$85,836 to $135,050Where the middle half of the filings fall

$96,470Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Electrical Engineer jobs rose 33%, from $80,330 in fiscal 2020 to $106,632 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 803 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.

Electrical Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	714	$106,632	+15.6%	$98,364	+2.1%
2025	803	$92,282	+2.4%	$86,798	+2.2%
2024	686	$90,147	−0.9%	$84,198	+1.9%
2023	635	$91,000	+6.1%	$84,885	+2.1%
2022	748	$85,796	+2.1%	$81,266	+2.4%
2021	767	$84,000	+4.6%	$80,600	+0.7%
2020	755	$80,330	n/a	$77,459	+0.5%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Apple Inc.	61	$147,400	at the minimum
Meta Platforms, Inc	42	$161,533	at the minimum
L&T Technology Services Limited	33	$93,122	at the minimum
Google LLC	28	$179,500	+14.1%
Core Tech Construction Corporation	27	$65,000	+8.9%
Battelle Memorial Institute	20	$127,677	+72.3%
California Independent System Operator Corporation	18	$145,611	+12.6%
Tesla, Inc.	16	$160,930	+6.2%
Alten Technology USA, Inc.	16	$80,205	at the minimum
WSP USA Inc.	15	$128,440	+3.7%
Applied Materials, Inc	9	$161,022	at the minimum
Eaton Corporation	8	$88,128	+11.6%
California Pacific Technical Services, LLC	7	$49,899	at the minimum
Fakouri Electrical Engineering, Inc.	6	$87,810	+2.6%
Lam Research Corporation	6	$135,242	at the minimum
WSP USA Buildings Inc.	6	$106,101	+3.4%
SAI Advanced Power Solutions Inc.	6	$98,613	at the minimum
Cisco Systems, Inc.	5	$159,890	at the minimum
MMR Constructors, Inc.	5	$83,680	+12.7%
Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.	5	$104,040	+39.6%
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	5	$145,000	+12.1%
Polyphase System Inc.	5	$56,909	+7.6%
Metro Engineering Solutions, LLC	5	$115,000	+2.1%
Guam Ukudu Power, LLC	5	$65,000	+8.1%
Intellectt Inc	4	$99,164	+2.7%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 399. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Electrical Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tamuning, GU	55	$60,133	+3.9%
Sunnyvale, CA	37	$181,850	+4.3%
Austin, TX	35	$136,510	at the minimum
Houston, TX	26	$95,056	+2.9%
Mountain View, CA	25	$187,000	+13.5%
Cupertino, CA	19	$158,301	at the minimum
San Diego, CA	19	$139,500	+9.4%
New York, NY	17	$125,237	at the minimum
Folsom, CA	16	$145,611	+11.8%
Fremont, CA	16	$139,528	at the minimum
Richland, WA	14	$124,447	+75.8%
Seattle, WA	14	$140,296	at the minimum
Auburn Hills, MI	10	$80,205	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	10	$131,510	at the minimum
Santa Clara, CA	10	$160,456	at the minimum
Barrigada, GU	9	$60,133	+7.6%
Plano, TX	9	$86,913	+2.5%
Harmon, GU	8	$60,133	at the minimum
Chicago, IL	7	$110,000	+7.9%
Chillicothe, IL	7	$89,981	+2.3%
Dededo, GU	7	$65,000	+8.1%
Menlo Park, CA	7	$160,930	at the minimum
Buffalo, NY	6	$127,470	+6.8%
Dallas, TX	6	$117,042	at the minimum
Minneapolis, MN	6	$92,438	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry32%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced14%

Level IV, fully competent12%

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.
24 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.