Application Engineer at Google
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Google pay a Application Engineer on an H-1B?
$164k Google has filed 239 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Application Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $164k. Most of those filings fall between $146k and $180k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
239
Median base salary
$164k
Middle 50%
$146k to $180k
Filings and pay by year
Application Engineer at Google, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 30 | $181k |
| FY2025 | 32 | $173k |
| FY2024 | 62 | $165k |
| FY2023 | 63 | $162k |
| FY2022 | 43 | $156k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $145k |
| FY2017 | 8 | $120k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 103 | $170k |
| Austin, TX | 60 | $150k |
| Mountain View, CA | 34 | $170k |
| New York, NY | 7 | $182k |
| Addison, TX | 6 | $146k |
| Katy, TX | 3 | $145k |
| Kirkland, WA | 3 | $138k |
| Cambridge, MA | 2 | $162k |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2 | $136k |
| Fremont, CA | 2 | $191k |
| San Francisco, CA | 2 | $177k |
| Seattle, WA | 2 | $138k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 5 | $159k |
| Level II | 92 | $152k |
| Level III | 71 | $170k |
| Level IV | 2 | $157k |