Staff Engineer H-1B Salary

1,797 certified H-1B filings list the job title Staff Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $155,000; the middle half of filings fall between $104,604 and $193,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Arm, Inc. (115 filings).

1,797
certified filings
$155,000
Median base salary
$104,604
25th pct
$193,000
75th pct
$226,816
90th pct
$74,952
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
$74,952$155,000 median$226,816

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026430$160,000
FY2025517$154,565
FY2024383$150,000
FY2023467$160,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA197$191,886
Austin, TX134$154,565
San Diego, CA72$147,500
New York, NY48$200,000
Santa Clara, CA48$188,870
Palo Alto, CA40$228,638
San Francisco, CA40$204,750
Sunnyvale, CA40$202,450
Houston, TX32$82,250
Fremont, CA28$180,808
Sterling, VA21$71,906
Dallas, TX20$68,864
Seattle, WA20$190,743
Atlanta, GA17$165,830
Bellevue, WA16$145,788
Plano, TX14$126,771
Westborough, MA14$158,500
Bloomington, MN13$129,397
Leander, TX13$154,565
Chandler, AZ12$145,684

Staff Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Arm, Inc.115$155,251
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.81$180,024
MediaTek USA Inc.78$144,000
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.76$177,248
VMware, Inc.56$226,230
Nutanix, Inc.51$226,158
Terracon Consultants, Inc.47$77,000
Seagate US LLC36$129,397
Dulles Engineering, Inc27$71,906
The TJX Companies, Inc.25$159,618
eClinicalWorks LLC23$157,000
EXIMIETAS DESIGN LLC22$151,091
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC21$176,696
SpacePalm Incorporated19$87,360
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.18$193,104
Tenstorrent USA Inc.18$201,602
NAGARRO, INC17$87,651
BTI Solutions, Inc15$81,411
American Structurepoint, Inc.14$73,320
Experian Information Solutions Inc.14$154,026
Illumio, Inc.14$175,438
SPOTIFY USA, INC.14$265,810
Shipt, Inc.13$181,272
OKBL USA Technology Inc.12$281,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.12$157,948
Stripe, Inc.10$186,399
BEST BUY CO., INC.9$175,862
Early Warning Services, LLC9$145,000
HVJ Associates, Inc9$83,000
Paycom Payroll, LLC9$238,483
Professional Service Industries, Inc. d/b/a Intertek PSI9$73,500
AMERICAN ENGINEERS GROUP, LLC8$71,178
DISH Network LLC8$139,900
Fiserv Solutions, LLC8$168,135
Omnissa, LLC8$232,500
Rubrik, Inc.8$232,500
Schnabel Management Services, Inc.8$73,693
SHOPIFY (USA) INC.8$207,865
Wayfair LLC8$200,769
Allpro Consulting Group, Inc.7$64,459
Datadog, Inc.7$300,000
Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc.7$204,200
Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.7$140,235
Brookhaven National Laboratory6$109,991
Corning Research & Development Corporation6$134,537
Corsair Consulting LLC6$79,000
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)6$170,770
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States6$228,900
Niagara Bottling, LLC6$143,500
NxStage Medical, Inc., a Fresenius Medical Care N.A. company6$152,071

Related job titles

Staff Software Engineer $175,000Senior Staff Engineer $174,475Staff Data Engineer $165,105Staff Engineer, Software $146,850Staff ASICS Engineer $140,000Staff Electrical Engineer $125,000Staff Systems Engineer $151,902Software Engineer Staff $173,966Staff Manufacturing Engineer $157,233Staff CPU Engineer $152,506

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