H-1B Salaries in San Diego, CA

3,603 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in San Diego, California, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$143,000Median salary

$120,90525th percentile

$175,00075th percentile

3,603Filings

Top H-1B employers in San Diego, CA

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Qualcomm Technologies	594	$152,506	$128,898 – $176,134
Apple	453	$157,581	$139,500 – $184,974
Amazon.com Services	172	$165,000	$144,000 – $178,000
ServiceNow	85	$130,915	$114,982 – $181,592
Intuit	84	$161,661	$140,000 – $195,770
Asml US	68	$127,026	$109,232 – $142,147
Illumina	51	$139,485	$119,118 – $157,581
Qualcomm Innovation Center	49	$157,581	$130,187 – $184,459
Qualcomm	46	$120,037	$106,876 – $148,172
Dexcom	38	$138,000	$120,462 – $158,750
Arm	29	$148,762	$128,898 – $176,134
Google	29	$177,000	$172,000 – $200,000
Midland Credit Management	29	$93,800	$84,200 – $127,100
Sony Interactive Entertainment	27	$154,400	$150,100 – $184,787
Amazon Web Services	26	$161,650	$149,415 – $176,450
Ernst & Young U.S.	23	$189,290	$147,405 – $215,000
Qualcomm Atheros	23	$130,187	$129,542 – $162,946
Samsung Semiconductor	23	$130,187	$130,187 – $152,506
Brain	22	$131,876	$121,978 – $133,572
MediaTek USA	22	$159,790	$131,047 – $177,100

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Software Engineer	129	$130,669	$130,187 – $160,000
Senior Software Engineer	79	$150,000	$130,187 – $158,000
Software Developer	68	$130,694	$130,187 – $157,581
Software Engineering Systems	62	$171,600	$146,590 – $184,974
Applied Scientist	61	$170,900	$161,200 – $177,900
Staff Software Engineer	57	$184,974	$157,581 – $195,770
Data Scientist	46	$103,900	$102,600 – $130,915
Software Developer Engineer	42	$160,900	$130,025 – $177,400
Software Development Engineer Firmware	39	$157,581	$139,500 – $184,974
Software Development Engineer	38	$152,064	$147,300 – $184,600
Software Development Engineer Test	37	$157,581	$139,500 – $184,974
Tools and Automation Engineer	26	$149,219	$134,800 – $182,764
Electrical Engineer	23	$139,500	$118,005 – $153,500
Software Development Engineering	23	$171,600	$157,581 – $184,974
Staff Engineer	21	$158,000	$152,506 – $176,134
Senior Staff Software Engineer	20	$184,974	$183,811 – $184,974
Senior Engineer	19	$139,000	$128,949 – $152,506
Data Engineer	17	$128,100	$103,000 – $154,300
Electronics Engineer	17	$139,500	$128,898 – $152,506
Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester	17	$134,800	$120,300 – $139,500

At least 5 filings in San Diego, CA.

Employer	Filings	Median
Drata	5	$240,000
Meta Platforms	6	$221,889
GoFundMe	19	$220,000
Rohde & Schwarz USA	7	$211,205
Salesforce	5	$195,964
Intel	6	$192,753
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services	8	$192,000
Ernst & Young U.S.	23	$189,290
Insulet	6	$186,798
Infineon Technologies Americas	5	$185,000
Nvidia	19	$184,974
Fair Isaac	5	$184,974
Microsoft	21	$182,000
Teradata Operations	6	$179,552
Mango Technologies	8	$179,000

Level I12% · 376

Level II36% · 1,162

Level III26% · 834

Level IV27% · 888

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).