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ASIC Design Engineer H-1B salary at Apple — 845 certified filings (FY2016–FY2026)

2
Filings · FY2025
$167k
Median base · FY2025
$167k–$205k
Middle 50% · FY2025
+2%
vs market median · all years

Apple filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs for ASIC Design Engineer in FY2025, with a median base salary of $167k and the middle 50% of offers between $167k and $205k. Across all years its $149k median is 2% above the $145k market median for ASIC Design Engineer. It has filed 845 ASIC Design Engineer LCAs since FY2016, most often in Cupertino, CA.

How much does Apple pay a ASIC Design Engineer?

Certified base salary for ASIC Design Engineer at Apple by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $167k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

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Does Apple pay ASIC Design Engineers above the market?

Apple's all-years median against every employer's certified ASIC Design Engineer LCAs — 2% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.

ASIC Design Engineer base salary: Apple versus all H-1B employers
Base salary for this titleFilingsMedian
Apple845$149k
All employers · ASIC Design Engineer997$145k

How has Apple's ASIC Design Engineer hiring changed by year?

4 certified ASIC Design Engineer filings in FY2016 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

Apple certified H-1B ASIC Design Engineer filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY20261−50%$195k
FY20252−71%$167k
FY20247−59%$144k
FY202317−82%$166k
FY202293−69%$154k
FY2021303+24%$149k
FY2020245+145%$150k
FY2019100+37%$145k
FY201873+1725%$130k
FY20164—$116k

Which wage levels does Apple file for ASIC Design Engineer?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 70% of Apple's ASIC Design Engineer filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

Share of 713 ASIC Design Engineer filings with a wage level · all years

30%
41%
29%
  • Level II30.3%216
  • Level III40.7%290
  • Level IV29.0%207

Where does Apple hire H-1B ASIC Design Engineers?

Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.

Apple ASIC Design Engineer H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
California526$155k
Texas222$140k
Florida37$110k
Oregon37$135k
Massachusetts9$136k
Arizona2$145k
Michigan2$125k
Colorado1$130k
Apple ASIC Design Engineer H-1B worksite cities
CityFilingsMedian base
Cupertino, CA392$155k
Austin, TX176$141k
San Diego, CA73$150k
West Lake Hills, TX44$135k
Santa Clara, CA41$149k
Beaverton, OR35$135k
Orlando, FL25$113k
Sunnyvale, CA13$166k

Also filed as

Apple's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most ASIC Design Engineer LCAs. All years.

Top ASIC Design Engineer sponsors

Top H-1B sponsors for ASIC Design Engineer
EmployerFilingsMedian base
Marvell Semiconductor33$88k
Fortinet13$137k
Spreadtrum Communications USA10$82k
Ambarella8$111k
Nvidia8$145k
Micron Technology7$123k
Space Exploration Technologies7$130k
Infinera7$107k
Scalable Systems Research Labs6$96k

Common questions about ASIC Design Engineer H-1B pay at Apple

How much does Apple pay a ASIC Design Engineer on an H-1B?
Apple's median certified H-1B base salary for ASIC Design Engineer is $167k in FY2025, from 2 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $167k and $205k. Across all years the median is $149k.
How many ASIC Design Engineer H-1B LCAs has Apple filed?
Apple has 845 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for ASIC Design Engineer on record (FY2016–FY2026), 1 of them in FY2026. That is 2% of its 36,424 certified filings across all titles.
Does Apple pay ASIC Design Engineers above the market?
Apple's all-years median of $149k is 2% above the $145k median for ASIC Design Engineer across all H-1B employers (997 certified filings).
Where does Apple hire H-1B ASIC Design Engineers?
Apple's ASIC Design Engineer LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Texas, Florida; the top cities are Cupertino, CA, Austin, TX, San Diego, CA.
Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
What salary do these figures show?
The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →