H-1B Salaries in San Jose, CA

10,124 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in San Jose, California, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$180,000Median salary

$146,15025th percentile

$216,09175th percentile

10,124Filings

Top H-1B employers in San Jose, CA

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Adobe	766	$193,742	$165,106 – $225,000
TT Commerce & Global Services	688	$215,400	$165,000 – $266,775
PayPal	577	$195,000	$169,576 – $216,854
ByteDance	515	$235,000	$184,500 – $300,000
Cisco Systems	358	$179,333	$156,853 – $197,162
TikTok	324	$253,000	$184,024 – $318,781
eBay	323	$213,161	$186,492 – $243,442
Cadence Design Systems	210	$156,853	$148,640 – $186,472
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	186	$181,293	$139,443 – $205,837
Ernst & Young U.S.	173	$158,865	$124,829 – $199,139
Google	164	$200,000	$187,000 – $226,500
Zoom Communications	152	$173,298	$151,175 – $190,326
Xilinx	142	$174,015	$153,688 – $204,712
Western Digital Technologies	122	$148,310	$121,312 – $155,251
Samsung Semiconductor	114	$186,472	$156,853 – $207,078
Zscaler	112	$197,932	$173,050 – $223,606
TikTok USDS Joint Venture	107	$193,000	$172,000 – $240,000
TikTok U.S. Data Security	104	$200,000	$174,304 – $240,102
Nutanix	100	$187,658	$178,913 – $222,622
Asml US	99	$154,271	$129,792 – $177,586

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Software Engineer	762	$174,850	$149,365 – $198,000
Software Development Engineer	395	$187,741	$158,271 – $221,284
Senior Software Engineer	344	$186,170	$169,576 – $205,245
Machine Learning Engineer	216	$191,000	$159,969 – $248,500
Product Manager	166	$182,398	$141,590 – $225,077
Staff Engineer	81	$186,826	$165,422 – $216,091
Staff Software Engineer	78	$215,334	$202,420 – $230,000
Data Scientist	74	$174,304	$149,250 – $225,077
Mts 1 Software Engineer	71	$207,576	$203,319 – $213,494
Senior Engineer	65	$160,988	$156,853 – $188,000
Data Engineer	63	$151,000	$124,016 – $175,000
Senior Product Manager	63	$195,700	$178,503 – $211,603
Software Developer	62	$187,741	$149,365 – $201,210
Senior Data Scientist	57	$190,734	$174,304 – $205,000
Mts 2 Software Engineer	57	$240,753	$235,000 – $246,302
Manager	54	$180,086	$167,250 – $199,000
Cloud Developer	54	$139,443	$106,050 – $181,293
Member of Technical Staff	47	$185,453	$160,000 – $187,287
Senior Staff Engineer	45	$216,091	$199,000 – $229,590
Principal Engineer	45	$199,102	$181,293 – $217,630

At least 5 filings in San Jose, CA.

Level I20% · 1,453

Level II38% · 2,727

Level III22% · 1,532

Level IV20% · 1,402

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