2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Western Digital Technologies

Offered base salaries from 219 certified H-1B filings, across 10 roles in 6 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Western Digital Technologies's certified filings offered $137,093 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $115,855 and $155,605. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$139,650$83k – $205k40
Mechanical Engineers$114,922$77k – $155k32
Materials Engineers$144,664$95k – $164k28
Software Developers$118,944$92k – $226k26
Computer Occupations, All Other$166,962$137k – $201k19
Data Scientists$143,543$76k – $191k17
Industrial Engineers$117,645$90k – $156k17
Chemical Engineers$162,344$110k – $179k15
Physicists$128,565$120k – $129k4
Materials Scientists$133,890$134k – $134k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$139,443$93k – $226k131
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$137,093$90k – $205k46
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$138,486$77k – $161k17
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$90,376$90k – $142k7
Colorado Springs, CO$136,552$92k – $143k6
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$113,776$101k – $164k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Western Digital Technologies's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Mechanical Engineers — San Jose$114,92224−31.6%
Materials Engineers — San Jose$144,66417−7.7%
Software Developers — San Jose$118,94416−44.2%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — San Jose$151,09116−22.3%
Data Scientists — San Jose$143,54313−22.4%
Industrial Engineers — San Jose$117,64513−14.1%
Materials Engineers — San Francisco$137,09311+5.9%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose$169,3289−8.2%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Sacramento$90,3767−36.6%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Los Angeles$134,5976−4.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
219 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Western Digital Technologies's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.