Staff Software Engineer
Median salary
$187,658
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$153,301 – $221,051
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+3.7%
+0.55% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.5%
2,572 filings
Staff Software Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$142,330
P25$153,301
Median$187,658
P75$221,051
P90$252,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$165,05315 LCAs
Level II$172,931147 LCAs
Level III$169,268588 LCAs
Level IV$205,9801,230 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Staff Software 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 96%Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 1%Computer Occupations, All Other 1%Data Scientists 0%Engineers, All Other 0%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 96% | 2,469 | $153,301 | $188,043 | $222,264 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253 | 1.17% | 30 | $129,438 | $144,102 | $172,239 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 0.82% | 21 | $138,595 | $173,638 | $221,100 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 0.47% | 12 | $204,614 | $214,514 | $217,492 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 0.43% | 11 | $189,000 | $200,000 | $227,926 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Staff Software 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wal Mart Associates | 329 | $153,301 | -18.5% |
| 155 | $216,666 | +15.2% | |
| Paypal | 107 | $214,120 | +13.9% |
| Intuit | 76 | $216,400 | +15.1% |
| Visa Technology & Operations | 71 | $146,200 | -22.2% |
| Servicenow | 66 | $190,486 | +1.3% |
| Uber | 55 | $248,500 | +32.2% |
| 48 | $269,000 | +43.1% | |
| Qualcomm | 41 | $160,805 | -14.5% |
| Home Depot Management | 38 | $161,708 | -14% |
| Visa U S A | 35 | $144,903 | -22.9% |
| Cybersource | 35 | $149,760 | -20.4% |
| Deere & | 31 | $140,000 | -25.5% |
| Social Finance | 30 | $240,000 | +27.6% |
| Palo Alto Networks | 30 | $158,294 | -15.8% |
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 Software Engineer281 LCAs · median $192,015
- Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure50 LCAs · median $207,000
- Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning26 LCAs · median $224,047
- Staff IV, Software Engineer16 LCAs · median $223,202
- Staff Software Engineer, Back End7 LCAs · median $235,000
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure7 LCAs · median $264,514
- Staff Software Engineer II6 LCAs · median $205,569
- Staff Software Engineer, Perception, Autonomy5 LCAs · median $251,126