2,196 certified filings · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. One LCA is not one job.
FY2025 median, from the 295 filings that reported a wage (of 2,196 certified filings in total) across all employers and levels. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $153,413 median of 206 | 206 |
| FY2025 | $139,050 median of 295 | 295 |
| FY2024 | $145,778 median of 312 | 312 |
| FY2023 | $126,000 median of 419 | 419 |
| FY2022 | $129,781 median of 530 | 530 |
| FY2021 | $117,645 median of 434 | 434 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis certified filings only, median not average
Senior Hardware Engineer filings (n = 467) have a median -12% above the 1,392 filings with no level stated. A single figure for “Hardware Engineer” averages those together, which overstates the junior end and understates the senior end. We never merge them.
| Level as filed | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Associate | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| (unstated) | $135,610 median of 1,392 | 1,392 |
| Senior | $119,434 median of 467 | 467 |
| Lead | $122,699 median of 12 | 12 |
| Staff | $132,433 median of 196 | 196 |
| Principal | $178,000 median of 31 | 31 |
| Level 1 | $97,650 median of 17 | 17 |
| Level 2 | $119,000 median of 49 | 49 |
| Level 3 | $131,100 median of 18 | 18 |
| Level 4 | 2 filings — too few for a median | 2 |
| Level 5 | $240,240 1 filing | 1 |
“Level as filed” is taken from the job title on the filing itself — we do not infer a level that the employer did not write down. Rows below 10filings show the count only; a median from a handful of filings is not a market rate. “(unstated)” means the title carried no level, not that the role is junior.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, level read from the job title as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) · Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis certified filings only; medians, not averages
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $108,930 median of 485 | 485 |
| Microsoft Corporation | $160,900 median of 239 | 239 |
| Google LLC | $175,000 median of 239 | 239 |
| Intel Corporation | $120,976 median of 136 | 136 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | $133,300 median of 107 | 107 |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | $126,464 median of 67 | 67 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | $88,500 median of 66 | 66 |
| Sambanova Systems, Inc. | $150,400 median of 44 | 44 |
| Tesla, Inc. | $177,500 median of 42 | 42 |
| Capgemini America Inc | $126,277 median of 25 | 25 |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | $160,426 median of 24 | 24 |
| Meta | $186,000 median of 24 | 24 |
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | $100,256 median of 23 | 23 |
| Cruise LLC | $185,058 median of 21 | 21 |
| Juniper Networks, Inc. | $130,894 median of 19 | 19 |
| General Motors Company | $138,522 median of 17 | 17 |
| LER TechForce, LLC | $85,966 median of 15 | 15 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | $165,763 median of 14 | 14 |
| Waymo LLC | $194,000 median of 14 | 14 |
| Nokia of America Corporation | $154,094 median of 12 | 12 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | $135,000 median of 11 | 11 |
| SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp | $98,155 median of 10 | 10 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| Robert Bosch LLC | 8 filings — too few for a median | 8 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. 292 employers in total filed for this role; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis filings counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
We build a page only for roles we can classify with confidence. The filings we do not classify are mostly three things: employer-internal job codes (“Manager JC50”), generic words that would make a useless page (“Analyst”, “Associate”), and spellings that appear only a handful of times. None of those can be grouped reliably —so we do not guess. To see every role at one company, use its employer page.
For the record: 866,533 of 3,034,814 certified filings (28.6%) reduce to one of our 29 role pages. That percentage on its own would mislead — the remainder is not a missing 71% of the job market, it is mostly text that cannot become a page.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis certified filings with a job title, across the whole coverage period