Mid-level Electronics Engineer salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 901 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Milpitas, Palo Alto.

Also listed as: Hardware Engineer, Hardware Engineer Electronics

Median salary$156,853
Middle 50%$151.1k–$156.9k
vs. all levels here−10%comparison median $173,545
Filings901FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $151,091 and $215,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$151,091
25th$151,091
50th (median)$156,853
75th$156,853
90th$169,412

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $135k $170k FY2020: median $118,200 (793 filings) FY2021: median $118,000 (644 filings) FY2022: median $124,176 (780 filings) FY2023: median $126,464 (761 filings) FY2024: median $127,000 (642 filings) FY2025: median $151,091 (472 filings) FY2026: median $156,853 (429 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 793 filings FY20 FY2021: 644 filings FY21 FY2022: 780 filings FY22 FY2023: 761 filings FY23 FY2024: 642 filings FY24 FY2025: 472 filings FY25 FY2026: 429 filings FY26 793
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$118,200$111,634$139,000793
FY2021$118,000$117,291$128,500644
FY2022$124,176$124,176$132,000780
FY2023$126,464$126,464$133,000761
FY2024$127,000$126,984$139,000642
FY2025$151,091$151,091$156,853472
FY2026$156,853$156,853$157,000429

Cost of living

San Jose's median mid-level Electronics Engineer salary of $156,853 is worth about $142,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $194,370 in May 2025 (5,970 employed). The H-1B median here is $156,853, 19% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Qualcomm$151,091179
Apple$156,85383
NVIDIA$156,85366
Marvell Semiconductor$156,85349
Advanced Micro Devices$156,85330
Intel$151,09124
Xilinx$156,85323
Wipro$151,09120
Samsung Semiconductor$156,85316
Tesla$169,97516

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $127,234 372
Mid-level · Level II $156,853 901
Senior · Level III $186,472 733
Expert · Level IV $216,091 1,322

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$124,197$127,234372
Mid-level · Level II$156,853$156,853901
Senior · Level III$186,472$186,472733
Expert · Level IV$216,091$216,0911,322

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.