Senior Engineer H-1B Salary

3,298 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $136,270; the middle half of filings fall between $115,856 and $157,796. The largest sponsor for this title is American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (490 filings).

3,298
certified filings
$136,270
Median base salary
$115,856
25th pct
$157,796
75th pct
$184,025
90th pct
$97,000
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
$97,000$136,270 median$184,025

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026608$136,599
FY2025974$139,869
FY2024865$137,600
FY2023851$133,015

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Phoenix, AZ313$155,000
Austin, TX207$130,000
San Jose, CA162$156,853
Minneapolis, MN120$121,938
New York, NY102$187,730
Chicago, IL76$111,514
Boston, MA61$164,285
San Diego, CA54$132,000
Sunnyvale, CA53$156,853
Plano, TX48$150,382
Brooklyn Park, MN45$122,741
San Francisco, CA44$160,818
Sunrise, FL38$154,000
Houston, TX32$121,874
Fremont, CA26$140,015
Los Angeles, CA26$117,502
Atlanta, GA24$133,800
Madison, WI24$128,015
Peoria, AZ24$157,150
Santa Clara, CA23$162,437

Senior Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.490$156,800
Target Enterprise, Inc.215$121,845
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.196$130,354
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.85$146,328
Arm, Inc.73$150,509
Motional AD Inc.73$159,617
SPOTIFY USA, INC.58$226,124
Seagate US LLC54$115,940
Wayfair LLC51$181,426
Shipt, Inc.42$149,240
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.41$130,250
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)38$153,809
Homesite Group Incorporated35$132,000
Arup US, Inc.34$127,763
Ibase Operations Corp.34$100,000
Brillio, LLC32$98,000
ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.32$140,500
KPIT Technologies, Inc.30$87,953
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)29$167,670
QUEST GLOBAL SERVICES- N.A., INC.27$87,500
CrowdStrike, Inc.25$202,000
Deloitte Consulting LLP24$134,604
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.23$89,300
TSMC Technology, Inc.23$150,509
OKBL USA Technology Inc.21$238,500
Amgen Inc.20$125,870
BEST BUY CO., INC.19$156,483
EGEN SOLUTIONS LLC.19$123,855
F5, Inc.19$184,800
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC19$148,762
Atlassian US, Inc.18$182,538
GAVS Technologies NA Inc18$85,467
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC16$103,709
Hinduja Tech Inc.16$72,682
MediaTek USA Inc.16$130,000
Tenstorrent USA Inc.15$162,437
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company14$152,412
Ibase of Fairfield County, LLC14$83,000
Nielsen Consumer LLC14$140,000
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans14$130,634
GBT US LLC13$122,866
SHOPIFY (USA) INC.13$131,997
TransUnion LLC13$109,491
Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc11$118,290
Ibase Operations Corp d/b/a Qualitest Group11$99,549
Eli Lilly and Company10$100,200
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.10$116,667
Insurance Services Office, Inc10$141,898
Commonwealth Edison, An Exelon Company9$113,027
DB Global Technology, Inc.9$137,000

Related job titles

Engineer Senior $134,146Senior Software Engineer $141,969Senior Data Engineer $135,000Senior Systems Engineer $125,000Senior DevOps Engineer $132,068Senior Quality Engineer $116,771Software Engineer Senior $135,000Senior Network Engineer $126,000Senior Project Engineer $107,800Senior QA Engineer $115,043

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