Staff Engineer
Median salary
$159,984
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$130,000 – $192,298
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+3.51%
+0.36% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.3%
1,485 filings
Staff Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$90,000
P25$130,000
Median$159,984
P75$192,298
P90$225,950
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$79,832162 LCAs
Level II$130,000263 LCAs
Level III$155,043316 LCAs
Level IV$186,850595 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Staff 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 39%Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 19%Civil Engineers 10%Electrical Engineers 5%Mechanical Engineers 4%Industrial Engineers 3%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 39.39% | 585 | $157,934 | $187,574 | $215,000 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | 18.59% | 276 | $149,960 | $161,179 | $186,472 |
| Civil Engineers 17-2051 | 9.7% | 144 | $70,088 | $79,874 | $87,220 |
| Electrical Engineers 17-2071 | 4.71% | 70 | $125,755 | $146,402 | $163,381 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 4.04% | 60 | $107,718 | $131,290 | $154,649 |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | 3.16% | 47 | $108,468 | $136,740 | $165,382 |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | 2.56% | 38 | $124,024 | $142,813 | $151,676 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 2.15% | 32 | $131,935 | $160,139 | $165,422 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers 17-2061 | 1.89% | 28 | $150,225 | $200,087 | $217,148 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 1.55% | 23 | $126,808 | $160,067 | $189,916 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 1.55% | 23 | $154,300 | $168,480 | $189,253 |
| Chemical Engineers 17-2041 | 1.08% | 16 | $109,574 | $137,500 | $151,070 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 0.94% | 14 | $145,000 | $205,250 | $265,250 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221 | 0.81% | 12 | $124,892 | $172,091 | $193,942 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031 | 0.61% | 9 | $123,219 | $140,000 | $175,000 |
| Computer Network Architects 15-1241 | 0.61% | 9 | $131,144 | $137,925 | $138,798 |
| Mechanical Engineers, R&D 17-2144 | 0.54% | 8 | $126,500 | $135,000 | $156,712 |
| Database Architects 15-1243 | 0.54% | 8 | $147,852 | $180,266 | $211,814 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021 | 0.47% | 7 | $226,503 | $309,600 | $318,781 |
| Materials Scientists 19-2032 | 0.34% | 5 | $153,600 | $153,600 | $153,600 |
| Electrical Engineers, R&D 17-2074 | 0.34% | 5 | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,690 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D 17-2076 | 0.34% | 5 | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,000 |
| Physicists 19-2012 | 0.34% | 5 | $119,538 | $128,565 | $128,565 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Staff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Employee Insurance Geico | 134 | $194,625 | +3.8% |
| Analog Devices | 47 | $155,681 | -3.4% |
| Arm | 44 | $161,179 | +0% |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor | 38 | $180,200 | +11.8% |
| Western Digital | 26 | $144,664 | +1.3% |
| Samsung Semiconductor | 25 | $193,024 | +2.9% |
| Equinix | 25 | $155,605 | -17% |
| Samsung Semiconductor | 24 | $186,472 | +15.7% |
| Sandisk | 21 | $140,805 | -12.6% |
| Western Digital | 19 | $132,142 | +0.7% |
| Terracon Consultants | 19 | $86,000 | +7.7% |
| Marvell Semiconductor | 15 | $178,592 | +10.8% |
| Nutanix | 14 | $226,158 | +20.6% |
| Mediatek | 14 | $155,000 | -3.8% |
| Western Digital | 12 | $151,162 | -6.2% |
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 Staff Engineer167 LCAs · median $180,200
- Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering44 LCAs · median $144,639
- Staff Engineer - .NET44 LCAs · median $185,578
- Staff Engineer II27 LCAs · median $130,000
- Staff Engineer - Java27 LCAs · median $210,000
- Staff Engineer - Data20 LCAs · median $185,626
- Staff Engineer I20 LCAs · median $83,780
- Staff Engineer, Development Engineering18 LCAs · median $148,310