Senior Member of Technical Staff H-1B Salary

555 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Member of Technical Staff (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $185,000; the middle half of filings fall between $162,652 and $200,000. The largest sponsor for this title is VMware, Inc. (136 filings).

555
certified filings
$185,000
Median base salary
$162,652
25th pct
$200,000
75th pct
$216,653
90th pct
$138,085
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
$138,085$185,000 median$216,653

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202663$194,250
FY2025125$188,800
FY2024124$181,764
FY2023243$183,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA106$192,993
Palo Alto, CA51$187,500
Santa Clara, CA38$191,550
Sunnyvale, CA37$188,002
Mountain View, CA27$188,000
Austin, TX25$141,000
San Diego, CA18$134,985
Middletown, NJ11$178,126
Milpitas, CA11$192,941
San Francisco, CA11$185,939
Fremont, CA10$209,974
Newark, CA10$210,674
Redmond, WA10$178,468
Cupertino, CA9$190,000
Bellevue, WA8$187,102
Boston, MA8$144,328
Dublin, CA7$195,000
Plano, TX7$164,031
Seattle, WA7$182,312
Alpharetta, GA4$155,600

Senior Member of Technical Staff salary by employer

Top 40 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
VMware, Inc.136$188,403
Nutanix, Inc.106$204,600
MIRAFRA INC70$150,000
AT&T SERVICES, INC.38$175,056
Rivos Inc.36$199,750
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.28$204,500
Cohesity, Inc.25$176,446
athenahealth, Inc.19$137,864
Illumio, Inc.15$172,931
Salesforce, Inc.13$194,163
VMware LLC8$167,491
Omnissa, LLC7$196,339
Castlight Health, Inc.6$154,890
Pivotal Software, Inc.6$163,874
Aviatrix Systems, Inc.5$134,680
Globalstar, Inc.5$157,206
Lyte AI, Inc.3$230,000
Orora Design Technologies, Inc.3$120,000
SubCom LLC3$135,000
Siemens Industry Software Inc.2$194,250
ThoughtSpot, Inc.2$141,378
Analog Photonics LLC1$160,000
BloomTech Solutions LLC1$120,000
Cequence Security, Inc.1$170,000
Element Energy, Inc.1$189,000
GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc.1$151,902
Intelsat US LLC1$174,505
InterDigital Communications, Inc.1$128,648
Key Software, Inc.1$125,840
Lyte Al Inc.1$240,000
OxeFit, Inc.1$120,000
PayPal, Inc.1$217,011
Pinger, Inc.1$158,000
Platform9 Systems, Inc.1$145,000
Qentelli, LLC1$156,998
QuantumScape Battery, Inc.1$136,739
Retym, Inc.1$205,000
Virewirx, Inc.1$146,328
Yield Engineering Systems, Inc.1$150,000
Zumigo,Inc.1$172,931

Related job titles

Member of Technical Staff $189,592Principal Member of Technical Staff $195,811Lead Member of Technical Staff $185,598Member of Technical Staff 3 $160,389Member Technical Staff, Software Engineer $158,674Senior Staff Technical Program Manager $209,591Senior Technical Lead $106,000Senior Technical Architect $136,000Senior Technical Consultant $128,095Senior Staff Engineer $174,475

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