Application Engineer
Median salary
$110,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$105,454 – $142,094
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-4.35%
-7.25% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.1%
639 filings
Application Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$90,210
P25$105,454
Median$110,000
P75$142,094
P90$165,006
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$89,31674 LCAs
Level II$106,558199 LCAs
Level III$138,450123 LCAs
Level IV$156,50250 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Application Engineer pay by occupation code
Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.
Software Developers 60%Mechanical Engineers 10%Electrical Engineers 7%Sales Engineers 5%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4%Computer Programmers 4%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 60.25% | 385 | $107,000 | $114,670 | $146,520 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 10.33% | 66 | $88,835 | $104,554 | $117,623 |
| Electrical Engineers 17-2071 | 6.73% | 43 | $97,625 | $108,007 | $134,430 |
| Sales Engineers 41-9031 | 4.85% | 31 | $96,180 | $110,790 | $141,388 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | 4.07% | 26 | $116,170 | $129,598 | $149,367 |
| Computer Programmers 15-1251 | 4.07% | 26 | $85,398 | $92,750 | $98,210 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 1.88% | 12 | $92,053 | $105,000 | $139,958 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 1.72% | 11 | $104,297 | $130,000 | $147,424 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 1.25% | 8 | $74,970 | $90,500 | $100,401 |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | 1.25% | 8 | $130,000 | $141,557 | $149,454 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 1.1% | 7 | $92,897 | $120,312 | $149,289 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Application Engineer
What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.
| Employer | LCAs | Median | vs all sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dfs Corporate | 109 | $107,000 | -6.7% |
| Capital One | 45 | $108,012 | -5.8% |
| The Vanguard | 36 | $146,024 | +27.3% |
| 34 | $181,064 | +57.9% | |
| Hca Management Lp | 20 | $116,438 | +1.5% |
| Intel | 18 | $153,540 | +33.9% |
| Bitwise | 16 | $95,000 | +2.4% |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | 16 | $159,346 | +39% |
| Rocket Partnership | 11 | $121,500 | +6% |
| Cadence Design | 11 | $119,664 | +8% |
| Bitwise | 7 | $107,600 | -6.2% |
| Meijer Great Lakes Partnership | 6 | $132,058 | +15.2% |
| The Mathworks | 5 | $139,256 | +25.7% |
Exact titles grouped here
The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.
- Senior Application Engineer140 LCAs · median $122,117
- Application Engineer III36 LCAs · median $144,123
- Application Engineer II11 LCAs · median $98,862
- Application Engineer, Expert8 LCAs · median $163,798
- Application Engineer IV6 LCAs · median $159,299