Staff Software Engineer H-1B Salary

6,812 certified H-1B filings list the job title Staff Software Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $175,000; the middle half of filings fall between $150,762 and $209,925. The largest sponsor for this title is WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. (1,144 filings).

6,812
certified filings
$175,000
Median base salary
$150,762
25th pct
$209,925
75th pct
$241,018
90th pct
$134,703
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
$134,703$175,000 median$241,018

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY20261,434$190,000
FY20252,097$173,324
FY20241,745$170,421
FY20231,536$167,149

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Sunnyvale, CA675$184,662
San Francisco, CA406$214,590
Austin, TX352$140,816
Bentonville, AR334$149,110
San Jose, CA307$194,423
Santa Clara, CA255$184,662
San Diego, CA254$152,027
Mountain View, CA222$226,158
Fremont, CA165$196,630
Seattle, WA147$210,000
Foster City, CA143$158,080
New York, NY125$212,000
Bellevue, WA122$190,486
Atlanta, GA103$149,760
Dallas, TX81$165,000
Highlands Ranch, CO63$130,686
Johns Creek, GA59$176,600
Dublin, CA58$192,451
Milpitas, CA57$192,941
Mountain House, CA56$162,862

Staff Software Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.1,144$153,301
LinkedIn Corporation296$192,941
Visa Technology & Operations LLC235$139,464
Google LLC212$260,000
Intuit Inc.195$192,941
ServiceNow, Inc.191$184,974
Uber Technologies, Inc.182$235,900
Home Depot Management Company LLC170$156,414
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.149$146,328
Visa U.S.A. Inc.145$139,443
CyberSource Corporation101$141,751
PayPal, Inc.96$210,453
Twilio, Inc.76$224,476
Databricks, Inc.54$212,202
Okta, Inc.54$182,811
Tesla, Inc.53$196,630
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.52$138,062
Deere & Company50$139,000
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.50$160,338
AIRBNB, INC.45$204,000
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.45$148,313
Hartford Fire Insurance Company44$122,633
MACY'S SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY, INC.41$176,600
Moody's Analytics, Inc.39$176,800
Indeed, Inc.38$173,775
Gap Inc.37$172,100
Social Finance, LLC36$240,000
TriNet USA, Inc.36$166,140
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC30$192,500
BILL Operations LLC27$211,150
Coinbase, Inc.27$256,500
General Motors27$220,000
Pinterest, Inc.26$178,796
Zscaler, Inc.26$173,128
Affirm, Inc.25$225,000
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.25$170,000
Western Union, LLC25$144,200
Blue Yonder, Inc.24$139,464
CSAA Insurance Services, Inc.24$122,866
MACY'S SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.23$179,900
Marqeta, Inc.23$210,704
Aurora Operations, Inc.22$189,000
Chewy, Inc.22$203,450
Maplebear Inc.21$250,000
Snowflake Inc.21$236,000
Arm, Inc.20$163,550
Coupang Global LLC20$190,486
Reddit, Inc.20$275,000
Turo, Inc.20$207,000
Cohesity, Inc.18$178,116

Related job titles

Staff Engineer, Software $146,850Software Engineer Staff $173,966Senior Staff Software Engineer $185,209Staff Software Development Engineer $178,500Senior Staff Engineer Software $179,822Staff Software Applications Engineer $146,328Software Engineer Senior Staff $192,941Staff Software Quality Engineer $159,352Staff Software QA Engineer $163,919Staff Engineer, Product Software $147,368

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