Senior Staff Engineer H-1B Salary

638 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Staff Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $174,475; the middle half of filings fall between $136,598 and $211,037. The largest sponsor for this title is MediaTek USA Inc. (47 filings).

638
certified filings
$174,475
Median base salary
$136,598
25th pct
$211,037
75th pct
$249,300
90th pct
$89,264
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
$89,264$174,475 median$249,300

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026156$180,514
FY2025157$180,000
FY2024138$171,568
FY2023187$165,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA94$210,000
Santa Clara, CA45$179,822
Austin, TX42$161,590
San Diego, CA28$177,500
San Francisco, CA20$243,000
Sunnyvale, CA20$234,062
New York, NY13$200,000
Fremont, CA12$188,470
Auburn Hills, MI11$125,000
Seattle, WA10$171,156
Longmont, CO9$153,941
Frisco, TX8$146,800
Phoenix, AZ7$208,071
Cupertino, CA6$180,000
Dublin, CA6$206,525
Irvine, CA6$172,500
Prosper, TX6$164,500
Round Rock, TX6$177,124
Lathrop, CA5$173,686
Marlborough, MA5$165,000

Senior Staff Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
MediaTek USA Inc.47$180,000
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.45$210,000
Comerica Management Company31$126,300
Terracon Consultants, Inc.30$86,500
Uber Technologies, Inc.29$274,300
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.25$177,932
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.22$184,974
The TJX Companies, Inc.18$169,665
Schnabel Management Services, Inc.17$86,757
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.16$81,085
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC16$216,091
Seagate US LLC15$155,542
Tenstorrent USA Inc.15$164,528
Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.13$168,042
NAGARRO, INC13$78,478
Nutanix, Inc.13$226,158
Illumio, Inc.11$187,741
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.7$135,000
Ventana Micro Systems Inc.7$192,500
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.6$251,211
Experian Information Solutions Inc.5$172,056
Fiserv Solutions, LLC5$192,941
Safeway Inc.5$197,400
Upscale AI, Inc5$230,000
Xmotors.Ai, Inc.5$292,800
Akeana USA, Inc4$210,000
Consumerinfo.com, Inc.4$171,000
Coupang Global LLC4$162,219
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION4$158,480
MIPS Holding, Inc.4$191,756
People Center, Inc.4$298,000
Stanley Black and Decker, Inc.4$98,150
Bayer U.S. LLC3$165,000
Blue Sage Solutions, LLC3$172,008
Early Warning Services, LLC3$145,000
EdgeQ, Inc.3$143,874
Fifth Third Bank, National Association3$132,400
Gap Inc.3$206,315
Infineon Technologies LLC3$147,898
INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES NA, INC.3$145,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$183,257
Ridgeline, Inc3$183,310
TECTUS CORPORATION3$161,886
Achronix Semiconductor Corporation2$198,308
AIRBNB, INC.2$244,000
Antimatter Technologies Inc.2$152,589
ASR MICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC.2$144,248
AUTOMATION ANYWHERE, INC.2$228,079
Axon Enterprise, Inc.2$227,803
Bayer CropScience LLC2$248,202

Related job titles

Senior Staff Software Engineer $185,209Senior Staff ASICS Engineer $159,702Senior Staff Engineer Software $179,822Senior Staff CPU Engineer $179,000Software Engineer Senior Staff $192,941Senior Staff Systems Engineer $158,101Senior Staff GPU Engineer $182,500Senior Staff Data Engineer $178,182Senior Engineer $136,270Staff Engineer $155,000

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