Staff Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

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

$159,632Median salary

$110,06525th percentile

$191,97275th percentile

574Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Engineer

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
OKBL USA Technology	3	$372,000	$339,540 – $376,500
Motional AD	3	$295,000	$263,894 – $297,500
Spotify USA	3	$292,540	$279,305 – $293,325
Datadog	4	$280,000	$258,750 – $303,750
Rubrik	3	$265,000	$255,000 – $277,500
Nutanix	13	$248,643	$208,552 – $264,514
AuraSellAI	3	$240,000	$240,000 – $240,000
Paycom Payroll	9	$238,483	$230,000 – $250,000
Omnissa	5	$235,000	$230,000 – $235,209
Shipt	3	$213,512	$172,110 – $213,512
Shopify (USA)	6	$207,865	$168,002 – $254,920
SK hynix memory solutions America	3	$192,373	$166,186 – $197,756
Samsung Electronics America	4	$191,500	$187,000 – $194,750
Upscale AI	3	$190,000	$160,000 – $190,000
Tenstorrent USA	9	$187,741	$176,030 – $203,133
Illumio	5	$187,741	$165,422 – $201,053
Samsung Semiconductor	24	$186,472	$155,766 – $186,472
Best Buy Co.	4	$181,939	$176,335 – $184,396
Samsung Austin Semiconductor	33	$171,787	$161,179 – $207,673
Arm	35	$161,179	$161,179 – $169,790
The TJX Companies	9	$159,984	$155,000 – $165,450
eClinicalWorks	7	$159,000	$154,000 – $179,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	6	$158,625	$157,610 – $159,598
MediaTek USA	25	$157,000	$141,000 – $165,000
Experian Information Solutions	5	$155,000	$153,051 – $159,131

Companies filing the most Staff Engineer H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Arm	35	$161,179	$161,179 – $169,790
Samsung Austin Semiconductor	33	$171,787	$161,179 – $207,673
MediaTek USA	25	$157,000	$141,000 – $165,000
Samsung Semiconductor	24	$186,472	$155,766 – $186,472
Terracon Consultants	22	$77,775	$75,500 – $87,066
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	19	$130,000	$130,000 – $157,685
Dulles Engineering	14	$94,349	$73,507 – $105,700
Eximietas Design	14	$146,380	$129,402 – $180,149
Nutanix	13	$248,643	$208,552 – $264,514
Seagate US	11	$132,392	$130,292 – $137,104
Paycom Payroll	9	$238,483	$230,000 – $250,000
Tenstorrent USA	9	$187,741	$176,030 – $203,133
The TJX Companies	9	$159,984	$155,000 – $165,450
American Engineers Group	8	$71,178	$68,806 – $73,382
HR Green	8	$78,968	$76,045 – $84,622

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
San Jose, CA	81	$186,826
Austin, TX	53	$161,179
New York, NY	30	$213,310
San Diego, CA	21	$158,000
Houston, TX	20	$97,247
Menlo Park, CA	19	$130,000
Sunnyvale, CA	15	$208,155
Santa Clara, CA	15	$190,000
San Francisco, CA	12	$221,756
Dallas, TX	9	$84,469
Marlborough, MA	9	$159,984
Sterling, VA	9	$90,938
Plano, TX	8	$170,609
Bloomington, MN	8	$131,789
Pittsburgh, PA	7	$136,635

Wage levels

Level I19% · 99

Level II17% · 88

Level III23% · 122

Level IV42% · 224

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