Physical Design Engineer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (SOC 17-2072).
Employers filed 179 wage applications for Physical Design Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 22 employers. The median offered wage was $160,684, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Apple Inc. filed the most (114, median $162,500).
- Filings
- 179
- Positions covered
- 292
- Employers
- 22
- Median offered
- $160,684
- Median prevailing wage
- $160,222
- Filings since FY2020
- 761
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +38%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Physical Design Engineer jobs rose 38%, from $116,356 in fiscal 2020 to $160,553 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 147 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.
Physical Design Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 152 | $160,553 | +1.7% | $157,802 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 147 | $157,800 | +3.0% | $151,221 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 114 | $153,200 | −5.3% | $139,233 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 107 | $161,700 | +18.0% | $150,509 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 93 | $137,059 | −2.1% | $124,654 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 87 | $140,000 | +20.3% | $129,577 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 61 | $116,356 | n/a | $111,634 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 114 | $162,500 | at the minimum | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 13 | $171,787 | at the minimum | |
| Fiori Technology Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $96,000 | +1.7% | |
| Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. | 4 | $189,680 | +26.0% | |
| Ampere Computing LLC | 4 | $147,000 | +0.6% | |
| Mellanox Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $216,091 | at the minimum | |
| Groq, Inc. | 3 | $200,000 | +20.1% | |
| Intel Corporation | 3 | $182,270 | at the minimum | |
| NXP USA, Inc. | 2 | $132,758 | +11.5% | |
| USG, Inc. | 2 | $82,000 | at the minimum | |
| Altera Corporation | 2 | $173,415 | +9.5% | |
| Neetha Consulting LLC | 2 | $136,069 | at the minimum | |
| Sintegra, Inc. | 2 | $152,619 | +1.6% | |
| MatX Inc. | 2 | $216,091 | at the minimum | |
| Saika Technologies Inc | 2 | $134,514 | at the minimum | |
| Microchip Technology Inc. | 1 | $119,545 | +4.6% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 1 | $227,000 | +4.3% | |
| Vivid Soft Global, Inc. | 1 | $90,501 | at the minimum | |
| Astera Labs INC | 1 | $127,234 | at the minimum | |
| Upscale AI, Inc | 1 | $130,000 | +2.2% | |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 1 | $125,060 | +15.1% | |
Showing the 21 employers with the most filings of 22. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Physical Design Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 33 | $178,006 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 31 | $162,500 | +8.5% | |
| San Jose, CA | 24 | $195,061 | at the minimum | |
| Santa Clara, CA | 17 | $197,558 | at the minimum | |
| Beaverton, OR | 11 | $148,866 | at the minimum | |
| Frisco, TX | 11 | $96,000 | +1.7% | |
| Cupertino, CA | 9 | $160,553 | at the minimum | |
| Waltham, MA | 8 | $143,510 | +3.9% | |
| Mountain View, CA | 5 | $200,000 | at the minimum | |
| San Diego, CA | 5 | $161,700 | +2.3% | |
| Hillsboro, OR | 3 | $182,270 | at the minimum | |
| Portland, OR | 3 | $147,000 | +1.2% | |
| West Lake Hills, TX | 3 | $190,700 | +18.3% | |
| Cambridge, MA | 2 | $149,162 | +1.8% | |
| Chandler, AZ | 2 | $135,121 | +10.5% | |
| Dallas, TX | 2 | $93,000 | +0.5% | |
| Westford, MA | 2 | $159,921 | at the minimum | |
| Addison, TX | 1 | $105,000 | +18.2% | |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $132,000 | +1.4% | |
| Harrisburg, NC | 1 | $121,900 | at the minimum | |
| Irving, TX | 1 | $112,174 | at the minimum | |
| Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $82,000 | at the minimum | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | 1 | $90,501 | at the minimum | |
| Seattle, WA | 1 | $140,858 | at the minimum | |
| Tempe, AZ | 1 | $82,000 | 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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