14 certified · Median $202,114 a year · Covina, CA
Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
7
0
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
7
0
1
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$182,190
Median
$202,114
75th percentile
$290,273
A year, from 14 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Silicon Verification EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $195,9474
Physical Design EngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer · median $216,0912
Silicon DFT EngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer · median $340,0002
Machine Learning ResearcherComputer and Information Research Scientists · median $201,0941
Micro-architecture and RTL DesignEngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer · median $151,0911
Silicon Emulation EngineerComputer Hardware Engineers · median $166,5251
Silicon Micro-Architecture and RTL Design EngineerComputer Hardware Engineers · median $191,0481
Silicon Physical Design EngineerElectronics Engineers, Except Computer · median $180,0001