Backend Engineer H-1B Salary

221 certified H-1B filings list the job title Backend Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $146,307; the middle half of filings fall between $123,781 and $178,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Stripe, Inc. (17 filings).

221
certified filings
$146,307
Median base salary
$123,781
25th pct
$178,000
75th pct
$204,630
90th pct
$109,283
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$109,283$146,307 median$204,630

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202655$161,637
FY202565$146,307
FY202450$143,500
FY202351$141,378

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA25$170,000
New York, NY20$161,580
San Jose, CA12$145,610
Sunnyvale, CA12$143,189
Austin, TX9$124,800
Seattle, WA8$158,800
San Mateo, CA6$135,250
Santa Clara, CA6$190,000
Bellevue, WA5$147,500
South San Francisco, CA5$192,941
Culver City, CA4$137,259
Los Angeles, CA4$125,000
Irvine, CA3$160,000
Irving, TX3$112,923
Jersey City, NJ3$151,819
Long Island City, NY3$179,982
Mountain View, CA3$172,931
Palo Alto, CA3$160,000
Arlington, MA2$147,175
Boston, MA2$119,500

Backend Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Stripe, Inc.17$179,982
TikTok Inc.8$137,259
SPOTIFY USA, INC.6$190,000
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC5$170,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.5$173,400
Antra, Inc.4$114,750
MerQube, Inc.4$143,000
PLAUD INC.4$175,000
Zoom Communications, Inc.4$143,122
Atlassian US, Inc.3$147,500
Barclays Services Corp.3$123,600
ECONTENTI INC3$126,090
Fetch Rewards, Inc.3$120,000
Fetch Rewards, LLC3$130,000
FINSTER AI INC3$230,000
INSPYR Solutions, LLC3$132,579
Lendbuzz, Inc.3$151,000
Qualified Health PBC3$188,000
Unit21, Inc.3$175,000
Acetech Group Corporation2$112,923
ANUTTACON LLC2$250,000
Archipelago Analytics, Inc.2$115,000
Awes.me, Inc.2$172,980
Counter Inc.2$155,000
Doss Inc.2$215,000
Eigen Incorporated2$187,500
Epic Games, Inc.2$165,750
Finfare, Inc.2$120,550
Infinitus Systems, Inc.2$188,750
Infobahn Softworld Inc.2$104,926
Kunai Inc.2$170,000
Manifold Labs, Inc.2$132,500
Messari, Inc.2$153,695
Orderbook, Inc.2$250,000
Pinterest, Inc.2$147,244
PIONEER CONSULTING LLC2$94,016
RNBW Holdings LLC2$192,500
Robinhood Markets, Inc.2$140,750
SRS Consulting, Inc.2$110,000
Sujitech, LLC2$130,250
Superscript, Inc.2$161,166
TRANSNATIONAL SOFTWARE SERVICES INC2$132,579
a16z Capital Management, L.L.C.1$450,000
Almaca, Inc.1$150,000
Amiseq Inc1$136,000
Amniscient LLC1$95,000
Analytics9 Solutions Inc1$104,000
Argmax, Inc.1$160,000
Arthur AI, Inc.1$109,283
ARTIFINT TECHNOLOGIES LLC1$88,088

Related job titles

Backend Software Engineer $165,000Senior Backend Engineer $177,580Software Engineer, Backend $165,000Backend/API Engineer $180,960Engineer $110,304Senior Software Engineer, Backend $191,900Senior Backend Software Engineer $190,000Software Engineer $135,408Data Engineer $105,747DevOps Engineer $101,192

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer