Sr Silicon Design Engineer, H-1B salary
What 797 H-1B filings report for “Sr Silicon Design Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Sr Silicon Design Engineer?
$126k median H-1B base salary for a Sr Silicon Design Engineer, typically $105k to $157k, across 797 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2019 to FY2026). Highest in California at $138k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California349$138k+$12k
- 2Colorado31$119k−$7k
- 3Massachusetts102$111k−$15k
- 4Texas252$111k−$15k
- 5Florida52$105k−$21k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $126kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Sr Silicon Design Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Sr Silicon Design Engineer roles are AMD, Xilinx, and Tesla, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Sr Silicon Design Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1AMD635 filings$122k
- 2Xilinx140 filings$138k
- 3Tesla21 filings$223k
- 4Pensando Systems1 filings$175k
Related titles in this family
800 filings carry “Sr Silicon Design Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Silicon Design Engineer (203)1 filings$160k
- 2Sr. Silicon Design Engineer [ASIC/Layout Design Engineer 2]1 filings$115k
- 3Sr. Silicon Design Engineer [ASIC/ Layout Design Engineer 3]1 filings$140k
Figures are for the exact title “Sr Silicon Design Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.