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Santa Clara, CA H-1B salaries

Employers filed 20,270 certified H-1B applications for jobs in Santa Clara, CA between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $172,000 a year.

Median salary offered
$172,000
Middle half earn
$144,040 to $201,053
Top 10% earn over
$226,158
Certified filings
20,270

Every filing

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Top employers

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
NVIDIA Corporation3,747$188,639$165,105 – $216,091
Intel Corporation1,269$153,504$135,324 – $178,006
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1,136$188,175$166,573 – $214,773
ServiceNow, Inc.1,111$155,965$132,101 – $187,741
Amazon.com Services LLC1,028$184,662$162,150 – $212,125
Applied Materials, Inc809$160,000$144,664 – $182,478
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.680$156,853$145,000 – $186,472
Apple Inc.565$181,100$156,968 – $204,901
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.522$184,662$155,800 – $199,534
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.477$160,000$140,000 – $187,000
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.474$178,058$153,504 – $204,975
Amazon Web Services, Inc.459$180,000$157,300 – $197,900
Pure Storage, Inc.340$197,280$175,000 – $222,286
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.310$148,750$132,183 – $171,138
HCL America Inc302$140,525$126,693 – $170,914
Arista Networks, Inc.280$146,479$123,296 – $168,043
Auris Health, Inc.136$170,925$141,725 – $193,175
Microsoft Corporation133$206,100$176,390 – $226,700
OmniVision Technologies, Inc.121$124,197$121,035 – $146,307
Oracle America, Inc.116$184,136$161,732 – $211,065
Amazon Data Services, Inc113$172,931$148,400 – $191,611
Cohesity, Inc.110$187,741$149,365 – $208,545
Ampere Computing LLC98$171,481$151,200 – $199,194
Netskope, Inc.92$182,500$156,672 – $203,492
Everpure, Inc.91$187,741$149,365 – $226,000
Texas Instruments Incorporated81$175,600$144,000 – $201,063
Fortinet, Inc.79$185,000$154,579 – $208,836
KPMG LLP79$146,037$105,000 – $168,950
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP73$158,100$125,971 – $195,000
Tenstorrent USA Inc.73$201,323$170,000 – $216,091
Agilent Technologies, Inc.71$174,924$148,123 – $197,305
Versa Networks, Inc.69$194,875$164,154 – $226,158
Astera Labs INC69$204,901$165,000 – $228,800
Xmotors.Ai, Inc.67$240,000$180,000 – $291,400
Ambarella Corp.66$163,572$150,201 – $185,006
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp66$165,184$133,432 – $181,033
GoDaddy.com, LLC66$147,481$132,081 – $180,911
Siemens Industry Software Inc.63$173,720$148,682 – $208,324
EMC Corporation63$201,370$167,412 – $238,180
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co.62$178,506$151,803 – $188,240
President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College54$126,473$110,401 – $182,768
Keysight Technologies, Inc.53$160,000$139,443 – $185,697
Meta Platforms, Inc47$186,000$178,360 – $212,856
Persistent Systems Limited46$132,579$131,144 – $153,774
Eightfold AI Inc.46$187,000$163,816 – $228,523
Wipro Limited45$139,443$130,853 – $151,091
Rivos Inc.45$183,000$155,000 – $209,000
Shockwave Medical, Inc.42$154,518$130,060 – $180,000
Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc42$131,894$126,693 – $136,074
PlusAI, Inc.42$180,000$164,474 – $192,306

Top job titles

Job titleFilingsMedianMiddle half
Software Engineer1,555$172,784$142,318 – $199,534
Component Design Engineer478$151,405$126,984 – $159,224
Software Development Engineer II472$184,662$174,960 – $194,815
Senior Software Engineer370$158,936$151,228 – $184,662
Engineer Senior Systems Software316$204,134$173,239 – $207,095
Hardware Engineer, Electronics311$178,006$156,853 – $196,679
Staff Software Engineer215$185,232$160,338 – $199,534
Process Engineer178$153,492$142,339 – $168,331
Engineer Senior ASIC172$186,472$167,636 – $216,091
Applied Scientist II169$190,000$184,662 – $200,000
Software Dev Engineer II148$190,322$178,300 – $204,761
Member of Technical Staff146$186,370$160,000 – $210,000
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)141$190,000$160,000 – $210,000
Principal Software Engineer140$213,616$202,809 – $226,158
Research Scientist140$168,790$164,403 – $201,094
Software Development Engineer I138$148,400$135,412 – $150,056
Product Manager137$187,741$162,735 – $208,000
Architect135$186,197$155,685 – $224,000
Software Dev Engineer I132$148,400$148,400 – $153,150
Senior Staff Software Engineer124$183,828$178,198 – $207,063
Software Development Engineer III116$229,900$211,940 – $238,778
Software Developer100$151,312$146,307 – $186,374
Mechanical Engineer96$150,236$128,415 – $167,300
Principal Engineer Software95$213,720$208,632 – $216,258
Program Manager92$189,736$166,742 – $203,668
MTS Silicon Design Engineer84$176,078$158,838 – $186,472
Sr. Silicon Design Engineer83$146,717$140,832 – $156,853
Data Scientist81$163,488$137,497 – $174,304
Verification Engineer80$179,652$162,400 – $216,091
Software Engineering77$206,160$173,100 – $230,000
Graphics Hardware Engineer77$153,504$134,383 – $166,824
Senior Staff Engineer Software72$180,019$178,198 – $182,555
Architect Senior71$188,293$160,727 – $216,091
SMTS Silicon Design Engineer70$204,901$197,558 – $205,514
Applied Scientist III66$216,575$201,094 – $234,062
ASIC Engineer65$204,901$178,006 – $216,091
Engineering Manager64$224,617$201,934 – $246,546
Manager Systems Software64$225,207$223,707 – $252,325
Software Test Engineer63$147,647$129,481 – $176,800
Systems Engineer62$143,714$129,869 – $169,698
Physical Design Engineer62$160,000$151,091 – $197,168
Machine Learning Engineer61$189,964$162,118 – $226,158
Senior CPU Engineer59$151,091$133,000 – $151,091
Manager III, Software Development58$231,230$213,914 – $248,643
Senior Machine Learning Engineer57$188,288$184,662 – $226,138
Senior Product Manager57$197,358$180,648 – $208,000
Engineer Senior Verification56$186,472$167,636 – $216,091
Solutions Architect56$168,292$146,000 – $199,102
Principal Engineer53$216,091$210,000 – $229,590
Product Engineer52$131,470$123,762 – $166,504

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
20231,249$167,149
20247,039$165,000
20257,196$175,000
20264,786$174,395