2,196 certified filings · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Historical filed wages are not verified amounts paid to workers or current salary offers. 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings only, single-file values or qualifying medians, not averages
Senior Hardware Engineer filings (n = 467) have a median -12% above the 1,392 filings with no level stated. These groups combine FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) filings across employers and locations; they are not a personal salary estimate. Seniority labels in job titles are separate from DOL prevailing wage levels.
| 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. A sample of 1 shows the single filed wage, not a median. Samples from 2 to9 show the count with the wage withheld; samples of10 or more show a median with their sample size. “(unstated)” means the title carried no level, not that the role is junior.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings only; single-file values or medians above the sample threshold; 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis certified filings with a job title, across the whole coverage period