H-1B job title salary

Physical Design Engineer

#291 most-filed title 191 certified LCAs filed under 6 occupations

Median salary

$162,500

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$140,000 – $195,061

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+6.09%

+2.87% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

191 filings

Physical Design Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$125,000

P25$140,000

Median$162,500

P75$195,061

P90$216,091

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$135,00013 LCAs

Level II$132,10040 LCAs

Level III$135,90727 LCAs

Level IV$204,90173 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 77%Electrical Engineers 15%Computer Hardware Engineers 5%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072	76.96%	147	$150,894	$168,583	$199,500
Electrical Engineers 17-2071	15.18%	29	$132,100	$140,000	$160,553
Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061	5.24%	10	$98,000	$152,619	$191,250

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer	LCAs	Median	vs all sponsors
Apple SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	95	$169,022	+0.3%
Nvidia SOC 17-2072 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	21	$204,901	+21.5%
Apple SOC 17-2071 · Electrical Engineers	19	$157,802	+12.7%

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.