H-1B Salary Lookup

Staff Software Applications Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

21 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Staff Software Applications Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Database Administrators.

$155,300Median salary
$149,71425th percentile
$172,00375th percentile
21Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Software Applications Engineer

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

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Tesla3$172,003$163,652 – $177,542
Qualcomm Technologies11$149,714$128,615 – $156,431

Companies filing the most Staff Software Applications Engineer H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Qualcomm Technologies11$149,714$128,615 – $156,431
Tesla3$172,003$163,652 – $177,542
Extreme Networks2$181,286$175,985 – $186,588
Qualcomm Atheros2$152,468$151,591 – $153,344
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies2$231,148$228,329 – $233,966
Qualcomm Innovation Center1$157,581$157,581 – $157,581

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Santa Clara, CA6$154,221
Novi, MI3$120,349
San Diego, CA3$157,581
Austin, TX3$155,300
Palo Alto, CA2$231,148
San Jose, CA1$191,890
Bellevue, WA1$180,710
Salem, NH1$170,683
Fremont, CA1$183,082

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II17% · 2
Level III67% · 8
Level IV17% · 2

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