Member of Technical Staff
Median salary
$200,000
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$172,931 – $255,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+8.11%
+4.83% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.2%
1,002 filings
Member of Technical Staff pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$146,307
P25$172,931
Median$200,000
P75$255,000
P90$340,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$149,36555 LCAs
Level II$187,741320 LCAs
Level III$200,000274 LCAs
Level IV$240,000251 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Member of Technical Staff 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 62%Computer and Information Research Scientists 10%Electrical Engineers 6%Data Scientists 4%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4%Computer Hardware Engineers 3%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 62.38% | 625 | $179,600 | $202,527 | $250,000 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221 | 10.28% | 103 | $185,723 | $250,000 | $325,000 |
| Electrical Engineers 17-2071 | 6.39% | 64 | $131,510 | $156,634 | $185,135 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 4.29% | 43 | $180,000 | $200,000 | $297,500 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | 4.29% | 43 | $146,075 | $172,000 | $207,615 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061 | 3.19% | 32 | $204,750 | $257,500 | $380,000 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021 | 1.9% | 19 | $319,390 | $350,000 | $400,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 1.6% | 16 | $138,358 | $159,964 | $194,875 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 1.6% | 16 | $150,000 | $178,146 | $257,500 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 0.9% | 9 | $195,000 | $380,000 | $399,000 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 0.6% | 6 | $230,500 | $238,500 | $293,750 |
| Computer Network Architects 15-1241 | 0.5% | 5 | $178,126 | $178,126 | $178,126 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Member of Technical Staff
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Pbc | 98 | $188,000 | -7.2% |
| Nutanix | 91 | $182,630 | -9.8% |
| Pure Storage | 67 | $200,000 | -1.2% |
| Openai Opco | 60 | $255,000 | +25.9% |
| Mirafra | 55 | $156,634 | +0% |
| Rivos | 35 | $178,880 | +4% |
| Cohesity | 25 | $172,931 | -14.6% |
| Openai Opco | 21 | $380,000 | +52% |
| Openai Opco | 17 | $325,000 | +62.5% |
| Anthropic Pbc | 16 | $218,862 | -12.5% |
| Openai Opco | 16 | $380,000 | +47.6% |
| X Ai | 15 | $360,000 | +2.9% |
| X Ai | 14 | $260,000 | +28.4% |
| Omnissa | 13 | $196,211 | -3.1% |
| Illumio | 13 | $149,365 | -26.2% |
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 Member of Technical Staff111 LCAs · median $188,800
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)86 LCAs · median $230,000
- Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering)17 LCAs · median $380,000
- Member of Technical Staff (Data Science)13 LCAs · median $325,000
- Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer)13 LCAs · median $310,000
- Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems)9 LCAs · median $380,000
- Member of Technical Staff II9 LCAs · median $146,307
- Member of Technical Staff III8 LCAs · median $176,320