H-1B Salary Lookup

Staff Engineer Software H-1B Salary by Company

90 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Staff Engineer Software" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Computer Programmers.

$153,065Median salary
$136,46225th percentile
$168,48475th percentile
90Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Engineer Software

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Samsung Research America5$200,000$187,069 – $206,474
Safeway18$175,016$168,228 – $185,520
Paylocity3$160,200$159,200 – $166,312
Thermo Fisher Scientific13$150,080$135,787 – $161,637
Palo Alto Networks3$148,869$135,666 – $149,149
DISH Network25$142,314$126,339 – $142,314
Panasonic Automotive Systems America5$138,486$130,707 – $152,131
Dish Wireless8$134,971$134,971 – $145,985

Companies filing the most Staff Engineer Software H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
DISH Network25$142,314$126,339 – $142,314
Safeway18$175,016$168,228 – $185,520
Thermo Fisher Scientific13$150,080$135,787 – $161,637
Dish Wireless8$134,971$134,971 – $145,985
Panasonic Automotive Systems America5$138,486$130,707 – $152,131
Samsung Research America5$200,000$187,069 – $206,474
Palo Alto Networks3$148,869$135,666 – $149,149
Paylocity3$160,200$159,200 – $166,312
Ensemble RCM2$226,138$226,138 – $226,138
Psemi2$157,581$157,581 – $157,581
AlphaSense1$275,000$275,000 – $275,000
Becton, Dickinson and Company1$167,000$167,000 – $167,000
Hypertherm1$113,505$113,505 – $113,505
Omnicell1$205,065$205,065 – $205,065
Samsung Semiconductor1$186,472$186,472 – $186,472

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Englewood, CO24$142,314
Plano, TX17$156,998
Pleasanton, CA8$176,771
San Jose, CA4$168,276
Santa Clara, CA4$149,149
Mountain View, CA4$203,237
South San Francisco, CA3$161,637
Peachtree City, GA3$130,707
San Diego, CA2$157,581
San Ramon, CA2$135,787
Phoenix, AZ2$149,010
Chandler, AZ1$111,072
Katy, TX1$167,000
Austin, TX1$114,754
Everett, WA1$160,200

Wage levels

Level I3% · 2
Level II18% · 12
Level III45% · 30
Level IV33% · 22

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