Role + city salary
Local wage signals can differ sharply from national role medians. Read this as historical LCA filing context, not a salary offer.
Median
$172,000
Observed range
$131,019 - $315,000
Observations
21
Observed wage range
Wage values from matching LCA rows that state an annual pay unit.
Median $172,000
All 21 matching rows with a wage figure state an annual pay unit.
Employers
Matched rows from FY2026 Q2. Open a company for roles, locations, source freshness, and caveats.
Keep exploring
Compare this local wage signal with other cities, related roles, and state-level sponsor activity built from the same DOL disclosure data.
Looking at the wider market? See H-1B sponsors in CA or browse the all-states sponsor hub.
Related roles
Prefer the national picture? Open the Electrical Engineer salary overview or the full salary hub.
Primary source
Local wage values are derived from DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, filtered to LCA rows matching Electrical Engineer in Sunnyvale. See About data and Source status for caveats and import freshness.
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LCA and PERM rows are filing signals, not USCIS approvals, green-card approvals, legal advice, or outcome predictions.
FAQ
The median H-1B LCA wage for Electrical Engineer in Sunnyvale is $172,000 per year, across 21 annual wage observations in FY2026 Q2 DOL LCA disclosure data. The middle half of those filings falls between $156,513 and $229,463. This is an observed aggregate of what employers filed, not total compensation and not a legal wage-level determination. Retrieved from DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure Data on 2026-08-09.
It is a 25th-to-75th-percentile band, not a minimum and maximum: of the 21 annual wage observations matching Electrical Engineer in Sunnyvale, a quarter were filed below $156,513 and a quarter above $229,463, so filings outside the band exist and are not errors. The band is computed only from imported DOL LCA rows carrying an annual wage, and may not represent total compensation or every worker at an employer.
Treat $172,000 as the starting point, then narrow before you rely on it. Apple is the largest matched employer filing for Electrical Engineer in Sunnyvale in this dataset, and Sunnyvale, CA is the largest observed worksite cluster, so a single employer or metro can sit well away from the role median. Open the employer and city pages to compare counts, worksites, and source periods together. None of it is a legal minimum-salary determination or a guarantee about any individual role.
Use it as a starting point only. LCA rows can include offered wage, prevailing-wage, wage-unit, SOC-code, and worksite fields, but this page is an aggregate salary view rather than a legal wage-level or minimum-salary determination.
DOL disclosure rows can contain wage ranges, prevailing wages, different wage units, and different worksites. VisaSignal normalizes cautiously and keeps source caveats visible.
No. A DOL-certified LCA is not the same as USCIS H-1B petition approval. It is an official labor-condition filing signal that should be interpreted with that limit.
No. PERM certification is one step in an employment-based green card process. It does not mean a green card, I-140 petition, or adjustment of status was approved.
No. Official filing history can show recent activity, roles, worksites, and wage signals, but it does not guarantee future sponsorship or predict legal outcomes.