Apple

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 11,810 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
  • Headquarters: Cupertino, Apple Park
  • Founded 1976
  • 164,000 employees (2022)
  • Nasdaq: AAPL
  • Includes 3 legal entities
Median base salary$174,304+42% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$152k–$199.1k
Level IV (expert) share54%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$166,962the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Apple hires at the expert level. 54% of its filings are Level IV, 3.0 times the share across all H-1B employers (18%).
  • Most filed: Software Engineer. 44% of its filings. After that come Electronics Engineer and Electrical Engineer.
  • Pays at a high floor. 70% of filings are at exactly the prevailing wage, which at Apple's jobs and locations has a median of $166,962.
  • 3rd among Big Tech. Apple's median ($174,304) is below Meta and Google and above Microsoft.

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10th $135.4k25th $152kmedian $174.3k75th $199.1k90th $217.6k

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Percentiles from Apple's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Apple hires for

Software Engineer5,171 filings · 44%$181,100 Electronics Engineer1,802 filings · 15%$166,941 Electrical Engineer727 filings · 6%$159,890 IT Manager545 filings · 5%$216,590 Systems Engineer / Architect484 filings · 4%$172,100 Mechanical Engineer467 filings · 4%$158,995 Industrial Engineer447 filings · 4%$166,962 Data Scientist398 filings · 3%$163,322

Bar: share of Apple's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 90% of filings (76 occupations in total).

Show all 32 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$181,1005,171
Electronics Engineer$166,9411,802
Electrical Engineer$159,890727
IT Manager$216,590545
Systems Engineer / Architect$172,100484
Mechanical Engineer$158,995467
Industrial Engineer$166,962447
Data Scientist$163,322398
QA Engineer$163,300370
Logistician$141,939218
Engineering Director$213,512139
Validation Engineer$158,621125
Production Manager$190,500112
Materials Engineer$148,33192
Operations Research Analyst$148,70084
Market Research Analyst$172,10058
Graphic Designer$143,90053
Computer Hardware Engineer$171,13850
Multimedia Artist$176,71740
Financial Analyst$154,33637
Project Manager$150,42633
Marketing Manager$190,40023
Management Consultant$173,50023
Research Scientist (Computer Science)$181,53223
Industrial Designer$177,10023
Statistician$182,34620
Art Director$193,00020
Producer$149,69819
Network Administrator$149,24118
Accountant$124,10017
UX Designer$156,91512
Data Engineer$174,53311

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Apple.

Pay by level

$137.3kLevel I
Entry-level · 3% of filings
$159.9kLevel II
Mid-level · 20% of filings
$145.2kLevel III
Senior · 23% of filings
$185kLevel IV
Expert · 54% of filings

Level medians mix different jobs, so a higher level can show a lower median. Within one job, pay rises with level.

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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $137,319 228
Mid-level · Level II $159,890 1,357
Senior · Level III $145,205 1,615
Expert · Level IV $184,974 3,751

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Apple vs. Big Tech

Meta logoMeta$208,000 Google logoGoogle$186,000 Apple logoApple$174,304 Microsoft logoMicrosoft$172,759 Amazon logoAmazon$155,000

Median base salary, all jobs, FY2025–FY2026. Big Tech: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft.

Where Apple files

San Jose, CA$181,3977,854 filings · rent 1BR $2,778 Austin, TX$154,6001,565 filings · rent 1BR $1,530 · no state income tax San Diego, CA$157,112916 filings · rent 1BR $2,335 Seattle, WA$185,985720 filings · rent 1BR $2,180 · no state income tax Los Angeles, CA$155,605167 filings · rent 1BR $2,402 New York, NY$178,569162 filings · rent 1BR $2,729

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 14 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
San Jose, CA$181,3977,854
Austin, TX$154,6001,565
San Diego, CA$157,112916
Seattle, WA$185,985720
Los Angeles, CA$155,605167
New York, NY$178,569162
Boston, MA$157,80092
Portland, OR$157,80085
San Francisco, CA$185,76975
Sacramento, CA$171,01840
Boulder, CO$145,80834
Raleigh, NC$153,56631
Orlando, FL$125,69425
Pittsburgh, PA$129,88810

Salary details

Median salary$174,304
Middle 50%$152k–$199.1k
vs. all employers+42%comparison median $122,699
Filings11,810FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $108,826 and $256,299.
PercentileSalary
10th$135,400
25th$152,027
50th (median)$174,304
75th$199,107
90th$217,630

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $160k $190k FY2020: median $155,043 (3,591 filings) FY2021: median $163,322 (4,097 filings) FY2022: median $170,893 (4,859 filings) FY2023: median $173,000 (3,906 filings) FY2024: median $170,000 (3,474 filings) FY2025: median $174,462 (6,966 filings) FY2026: median $173,769 (4,844 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 3,591 filings FY20 FY2021: 4,097 filings FY21 FY2022: 4,859 filings FY22 FY2023: 3,906 filings FY23 FY2024: 3,474 filings FY24 FY2025: 6,966 filings FY25 FY2026: 4,844 filings FY26 6,966
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$155,043$138,644$178,0143,591
FY2021$163,322$145,000$181,7004,097
FY2022$170,893$150,000$193,0004,859
FY2023$173,000$151,902$192,9413,906
FY2024$170,000$148,976$190,4863,474
FY2025$174,462$152,963$199,1076,966
FY2026$173,769$148,741$198,8824,844

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$174,304
Median prevailing wage$166,962
Median difference0.0%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage70%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

By legal entity

Legal entityMedianFilings
Apple Inc.$174,30411,748
Apple Payments Services Llc$161,64052
Apple Processing Llc$160,80510

Apple files under several company names; this page adds them up. Median shown at 10+ filings.

Job titles at Apple

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Software Engineering Applications$181,100$157.8k–$205.5k1,204
Software Development Engineering$186,142$163.6k–$212.2k1,040
Software Engineering Systems$177,154$153k–$205.1k805
Machine Learning$190,486$170.1k–$212.2k569
Software Development Engineer Test$177,086$153k–$189k365
Tools and Automation Engineer$163,300$147.2k–$179.4k300
Design Verification$161,179$147.4k–$197k285
Engineering Project Program$166,962$154.6k–$194.7k279
Software Development Engineer Firmware$177,154$152k–$197.4k216
Fe Engineering$171,138$153.9k–$198.1k182
Software Developer$149,487$144.6k–$182.4k178
Physical Design Engineer$160,553$148.1k–$190.7k175
Data Scientist$171,149$145.6k–$183.6k165
Hardware Systems Engineering$174,304$151.4k–$195.1k160
Module Design Engineer$158,621$147.4k–$181.7k149
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Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Machine Learning Engineer$192,519$173.4k–$222.4k128
Electronics Engineer$149,892$132.1k–$172.7k124
Strategic Sourcing Manager$151,200$135.9k–$161k114
Software Development Engineering Manager$216,600$208.3k–$231.2k109
System Product Design Engineer$158,995$155k–$185.9k108
Wireless Systems Validation Engineer$178,006$152k–$198.9k103
Software Development Engineer$177,602$153.4k–$206.1k98
Software Engineering Applications Manager$219,300$198.3k–$245.8k96
Machine Learning Research$186,285$164.1k–$210k91
Wireless Systems Engineering$177,154$151.4k–$200.1k91
Ar Vr Software Development$174,462$153k–$205.1k89
RF Analog Mixed Signal Engineering$171,787$152.5k–$195.1k89
Electrical Engineer$147,400$134.4k–$166.6k76
Production Services Engineer$169,468$154.6k–$182.9k74
Silicon Validation Engineering$162,224$151.4k–$188k74
Software Integrity Engineer$167,190$141k–$184.6k71
Software Engineer Applications$157,800$152k–$192.5k69
Ar Vr Sw Development$157,800$147.4k–$184.6k63
Cpu Implementation Engineering$162,500$157.3k–$193.8k63
Engineering Project Program Manager$175,734$151.7k–$194.7k63
Design for Test Engineer$153,975$145.8k–$171.9k62
Vlsi Cad Engineering$174,357$153.7k–$188.7k59
Manufacturing Quality$166,962$143k–$170.2k58
Data Engineer$147,954$142.7k–$176k57
Hardware Development$164,294$153.3k–$172.1k57
Human Interface Designer$175,800$166.6k–$193.5k57
Reliability Engineering$157,800$135.4k–$181.1k57
Software Development Engineer Data$196,914$181.1k–$212.2k57
Product Design Engineering$170,977$155k–$185.9k56
Software Engineering Systems Manager$216,600$202.6k–$230.8k51
Is T Epm$154,600$149.5k–$184k50
Professional Services Consultant$170,248$132.4k–$175.3k47
Software Development Engineer Security$190,700$163.6k–$212.2k47
Supply Demand Planning$125,400$102.2k–$127.9k46
Systems Design Engineering$162,442$141.8k–$176.1k45
Design Verification Engineer$156,853$139.5k–$187.9k44
Finance$146,037$128.1k–$155.4k40
Component Epm$185,994$169.6k–$207k39
Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester$147,400$129.8k–$163.3k39
Mechanical Engineer$139,500$132.1k–$154.2k37
Power Engineering$166,982$157.8k–$195.1k36
Digital Circuit Design Engineer$160,553$147.7k–$176.5k35
Machine Learning Manager$224,538$213.8k–$248.6k35
Product Quality$166,573$155k–$181.4k35
Technical Program Management$167,171$145.2k–$170.2k35
Operations Engineering Project Manager$166,962$162.2k–$178.4k33
Software Development Engineer Server$187,000$180.7k–$206.1k33
Manufacturing Design$166,962$157.2k–$170.3k32
Software Developers$172,931$154.9k–$199.5k31
Hardware Tech Epm$172,100$145.1k–$185.5k30
Layout Mask Design$161,179$152.9k–$184.6k30
Modeling Simulation Engineer$165,637$151.4k–$185.6k30
Performance and Modeling Engineering$150,385$131.5k–$165.3k30
Product Design Epm$172,100$163.4k–$192.4k30
Ic Packaging Engineering$155,043$147.4k–$181.1k29
Information Technology Project Manager$163,300$141.8k–$167k29
Module Test Instrumentation Automation Engineer$175,800$160.6k–$187.8k29
Non Component Epm$167,470$154.6k–$184.4k29
Project Program Manager$165,827$148.7k–$175.3k29
Physical Analysis Engineering$171,787$156.9k–$186.7k27
Computer and Information Systems Manager$210,541$188.2k–$216.6k26
Software Engineer Systems$180,621$161.2k–$206.1k26
Module Systems Engineer$181,397$153.3k–$187.8k25
Asic Design Engineering$188,035$156.2k–$204.9k24
Alliance Partnership$178,110$143.9k–$184.4k23
Ar Vr Module Development Engineer$185,869$167.5k–$206.5k23
RF Systems Engineering$178,006$139.5k–$195k23
Software Development Engineer Applications$174,066$157.3k–$191.5k23
Implementation Engineering$164,932$157.8k–$204.9k22
Software Development Engineer Test Manager$216,590$188.2k–$219.3k22
Ww Pp Supply Demand Planning$151,200$146.3k–$155.4k22
Sipi Engineering$159,890$151.4k–$185.1k21
Software Development Engineer Systems$201,805$175.8k–$204.1k21
Design Verification Manager$228,100$210.9k–$228.1k19
Industrial Engineer$132,891$128.4k–$151.2k19
Software Engineer$152,027$140.1k–$174.4k19
Software Qe Engineering Manager$200,400$187.9k–$216.6k19
Materials Engineering$159,890$144.7k–$181.1k18
Product Tech Scientist$152,344$144.7k–$177.5k18
Rfhw Systems Engineer$194,865$175.2k–$198.6k18
Strategic Business Development$175,827$147.4k–$184.1k18
Acoustics Engineering$181,100$156.9k–$199.1k17
Business Systems Analysis$144,144$120.5k–$169.5k17
Software Development Engineer UI$180,710$158.7k–$203.8k17
Advanced Manufacturing Engineering$169,495$158.9k–$172.7k16
Computer Vision Engineer$174,462$158.6k–$191.1k16
Electronics Engineers$178,006$156.8k–$201.7k16
Logistician$127,900$118.5k–$146.3k16
Marcom Art Director$146,855$143.9k–$174.8k16
Mechanical Engineers$156,422$155k–$181.4k16
Optical Science Engineering$176,395$147.4k–$182.8k16
Human Factors Engineering$155,043$143.1k–$181.1k15
Operations Eng Project Manager$166,962$145.2k–$178.8k15
Operations Engineer Project Manager$170,248$153.7k–$174.3k15
Hardware Systems Engineer$158,050$146k–$162.5k14
ML Data Scientist$177,913$152.7k–$212k14
Silicon Product Engineer$168,135$158.8k–$186.3k14
Silicon Prototype Engineering$154,605$147.4k–$186.8k14
System Epm$172,100$159k–$191.6k14
Fe Engineer$157,800$151.4k–$197k13
Imaging Sensing and Power Architect Engineer$187,762$158.6k–$215.6k13
Product Management$179,421$167.1k–$195.5k13
Research Science$172,100$158.1k–$190.8k13
Config Release Engineer$179,694$173.7k–$182k12
Engineering Manager$203,213$179.7k–$214.3k12
Image Quality Engineer$156,853$151.7k–$163.4k12
Ad Platforms Product$147,400$147.4k–$151.6k11
I S Process Equipment Development Engineer$155,251$144.7k–$189.9k11
Manufacturing Quality Engineer$145,205$143.7k–$167k11
Project Client Services$119,600$101.1k–$145.7k11
Silicon Test Engineer$146,735$145k–$169.1k11
Advanced Manufacturing$166,962$167k–$172.6k10
Electrical Engineers$158,646$140k–$182.7k10
Global Supply Manager$170,124$157.2k–$172.1k10
Hardware Development Engineer$159,411$137.5k–$174.5k10
Logisticians$122,500$119.6k–$141.9k10
Machine Learning Researcher$195,212$183.5k–$213.2k10
Marketing$134,550$117.4k–$182.8k10
Product Quality Engineer$166,112$156k–$167k10
Product Quality Manager$196,200$181.7k–$209.2k10
Supply Chain Program Manager$142,293$142.3k–$154.2k10
Supply Demand Planner$119,473$102.2k–$125.4k10
Wireless Systems Engineer$204,901$158.5k–$205.8k10
Wireless Systems Engineering Manager$228,100$213.1k–$230.8k10

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Apple

Apple's filings list its industry as Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (Manufacturing sector, NAICS 3341). Its main U.S. filing address is in Cupertino, CA and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Electronics Engineer and Electrical Engineer and the main metro areas are San Jose, CA, Austin, TX and San Diego, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Founded
1976
Headquarters
Cupertino, Apple Park
Employees
164,000 (2022)
Website
apple.com
Stock
Nasdaq: AAPL

Company facts on this page: Wikidata. Salary data: U.S. Department of Labor.

Questions

Does Apple sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Apple filed 11,810 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Apple pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Apple's H-1B filings is $174,304; half of filings fall between $152,027 and $199,107. Bonus and stock are not included.