Role Filing Pattern
Staff Firmware Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 14 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Staff Firmware Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 15-1252.00
SOC Category: Software Developers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Macro Wage Baseline (BLS OEWS May 2023)
+57.5%
Filed H-1B base wages show $208,383 vs BLS national median $132,270
Staff Firmware Engineer (SOC 15-1252.00, Software Developers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 14 filing records. Filed base wages span $140,000 to $202,466 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $208,383. Filed base wages for this role sit above the BLS occupational wage baseline used as a macro reference. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$208,383
H-1B LCA Filings
14LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$202,466
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Tesla, Inc., Synaptics Incorporated, Also, Inc., Sibel Health Inc., and Globus Medical, Inc.. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Palo Alto, CA, San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA, Mountain View, CA, and Fremont, CA. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
BLS Comparison Caveat
The BLS baseline shown here is a broad occupational wage reference, while the H-1B figure is a filed base wage from LCA records. Neither figure includes equity, bonus, benefits, or every compensation change after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$140,000
P25$170,000
Median$208,383
P75$202,466
Max$202,466
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Tesla, Inc.$202,4662
- Synaptics Incorporated$170,0002
- Also, Inc.N/A2
- Sibel Health Inc.$140,0001
- Globus Medical, Inc.$174,0001
- Groq, Inc.$214,3001
- 1
- 1
Filed Wage by City
- Mountain View, CA$202,4661
- Fremont, CA$185,0001
- San Diego, CA$170,0003
- Chicago, IL$140,0001
- 3
- San Jose, CAN/A2
- 1
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Staff Firmware Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Staff Firmware Engineer H-1B LCA records is $208,383 per year.
How many Staff Firmware Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 14 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Staff Firmware Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Staff Firmware Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Staff Firmware Engineer include: Tesla, Inc., Synaptics Incorporated, Also, Inc..
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