H-1B Salary Lookup

Senior Staff Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

190 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Senior Staff Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, Civil Engineers.

$184,116Median salary
$161,17925th percentile
$217,47275th percentile
190Filings

Top-paying companies for Senior Staff Engineer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Uber Technologies4$297,000$291,700 – $302,025
Nutanix6$264,514$241,815 – $305,214
Upscale AI5$230,000$217,000 – $230,000
Samsung Austin Semiconductor25$216,091$180,200 – $226,314
Samsung Semiconductor4$200,532$184,974 – $221,683
Illumio3$187,741$187,741 – $187,741
MediaTek USA21$185,000$175,000 – $200,000
Palo Alto Networks4$174,361$165,859 – $179,396
The TJX Companies6$171,468$166,146 – $173,388
Infineon Technologies Americas10$170,864$151,750 – $179,482
Tenstorrent USA15$164,528$161,179 – $216,091
Seagate US5$157,040$145,184 – $157,186
Fifth Third Bank, National Association3$132,400$132,400 – $133,686
Comerica Management Company6$130,900$130,075 – $132,175
Terracon Consultants9$90,875$86,000 – $101,750
Schnabel Management Services5$86,237$80,974 – $90,085

Companies filing the most Senior Staff Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Samsung Austin Semiconductor25$216,091$180,200 – $226,314
MediaTek USA21$185,000$175,000 – $200,000
Tenstorrent USA15$164,528$161,179 – $216,091
Infineon Technologies Americas10$170,864$151,750 – $179,482
Terracon Consultants9$90,875$86,000 – $101,750
Comerica Management Company6$130,900$130,075 – $132,175
Nutanix6$264,514$241,815 – $305,214
The TJX Companies6$171,468$166,146 – $173,388
Schnabel Management Services5$86,237$80,974 – $90,085
Seagate US5$157,040$145,184 – $157,186
Upscale AI5$230,000$217,000 – $230,000
Palo Alto Networks4$174,361$165,859 – $179,396
Samsung Semiconductor4$200,532$184,974 – $221,683
Uber Technologies4$297,000$291,700 – $302,025
Fifth Third Bank, National Association3$132,400$132,400 – $133,686

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA45$216,091
Austin, TX23$175,000
Santa Clara, CA18$216,091
San Francisco, CA7$234,531
San Diego, CA6$185,987
Marlborough, MA5$169,586
Auburn Hills, MI5$132,400
Sunnyvale, CA5$187,741
Frisco, TX4$132,636
New York, NY4$282,850
Longmont, CO4$157,113
Lynnwood, WA3$145,944
Redwood City, CA3$250,000
Irvine, CA3$227,012
Lombard, IL2$105,438

Wage levels

Level I4% · 7
Level II14% · 23
Level III21% · 34
Level IV61% · 100

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).