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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 17-2076. 124 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $99,850, middle half $83,728–$122,739.

Applications (LCAs)124

Median offered salary$99,850

Middle half of salaries$83,728–$122,739

10th–90th percentile$70,000–$140,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	30	$84,225
Level II (qualified)	39	$100,320
Level III (experienced)	15	$110,700
Level IV (fully competent)	15	$131,123

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Brookhaven National Laboratory	28	$108,176
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	19	$130,000
California Institute of Technology	9	$99,700
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	6	$95,800
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	5	$108,012
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC	4	$86,750
University of Colorado	4	$103,000
University of Michigan	3	$79,040
Oregon State University	3	$59,322
National Radio Astronomy Observatory	3	$131,123
University of Wisconsin System	2	$62,010
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	2	$100,672
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	2	$168,906
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	2	$134,707
Rochester Institute of Technology	2	$58,635
University of California, San Diego	2	$119,829
International Plasma Technology Center, Corp	2	$98,852
North Carolina State University	1	$55,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1	$63,000
New York University	1	$90,000
University of Alaska	1	$90,002
The University of Southern California	1	$62,400
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	1	$81,780
University of Louisville	1	$49,642
Transportation Research Center, Inc.	1	$100,000
University of California, Irvine	1	$101,900
The University of Kansas	1	$76,997
University of Illinois	1	$70,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	1	$115,000
Northeastern University	1	$70,000
UChicago Argonne LLC	1	$82,451
Western Michigan University	1	$70,625
The Ohio University	1	$85,833
The Ohio State University	1	$58,635
Texas A&M Transportation Institute	1	$73,904
Michigan State University	1	$111,428
University of New Hampshire	1	$70,000
Mississippi State University	1	$85,000
Arizona State University	1	$88,550
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	1	$85,362
University of California, Berkeley	1	$103,900
Halo Microelectronics International corporation	1	—
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	1	$79,802

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	28	$90,001
FY2024	32	$94,200
FY2025	37	$109,000
FY2026	27	$109,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).