Electrical Engineers
SOC Code: 17-2071.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 25,110 H-1B LCA filings for Electrical Engineers from 4,451 employer filers, with a 97.9% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $124,370. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 6,637 filings. The highest-volume filer is Apple Inc.. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Electrical Engineers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 17-2071.00, the extract lists 25,110 Labor Condition Application filings from 4,451 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.9% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Electrical Engineers ranks #15 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 2% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Electrical Engineers. The highest-volume employer filer is Apple Inc. with 1,295 filings at an average listed offered wage of $164,097, followed by Microsoft Corporation, Cummins Inc., Micron Technology, Inc.. Geographically, CA leads with 6,637 filings (average listed wage $155,471), followed by TX, MI, IL. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Electrical Engineers
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 1,295 | $164,097 |
| Microsoft Corporation | 803 | $178,319 |
| Cummins Inc. | 460 | $98,034 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 450 | $142,011 |
| Tesla, INC. | 441 | $165,157 |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 393 | $129,317 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 258 | $202,523 |
| Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, INC. | 252 | $105,765 |
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | 247 | $167,425 |
| Fca US LLC | 212 | $132,568 |
| General Motors | 209 | $132,565 |
| General Motors Company | 209 | $120,459 |
| Accenture LLP | 192 | $97,775 |
| Ford Motor Company | 187 | $114,864 |
| Caterpillar Inc | 186 | $101,222 |
| Eaton Corporation | 168 | $122,950 |
| Google LLC | 168 | $173,681 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | 160 | $95,591 |
| Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | 155 | $111,465 |
| SEL Engineering Services, Inc. | 151 | $115,091 |
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