Software Engineer at Cruise
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Cruise pay a Software Engineer on an H-1B?
$140k Cruise has filed 100 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $140k. Most of those filings fall between $122k and $148k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
100
Median base salary
$140k
Middle 50%
$122k to $148k
Filings and pay by year
Software Engineer at Cruise, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 3 | $188k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $152k |
| FY2024 | 3 | $156k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $159k |
| FY2022 | 2 | $125k |
| FY2021 | 14 | $144k |
| FY2020 | 10 | $128k |
| FY2019 | 35 | $145k |
| FY2018 | 26 | $125k |
| FY2017 | 4 | $115k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | 86 | $140k |
| Bellevue, WA | 9 | $130k |
| Boston, MA | 1 | $185k |
| Fort Mill, SC | 1 | $199k |
| Fremont, CA | 1 | $145k |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1 | $188k |
| West New York, NJ | 1 | $158k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 14 | $120k |
| Level II | 61 | $140k |
| Level III | 21 | $148k |
| Level IV | 2 | $196k |
Other roles Cruise sponsors
Senior Software Engineer 144Senior Software Engineer II 39Senior Machine Learning Engineer 38Senior ML/Robotics Engineer 31Senior Software Engineer II, Product Engineering 16Senior Technical Program Manager 16Senior Applied Research Scientist 14Staff Software Engineer 14Engineering Manager 13Senior Applied Scientist II 13Machine Learning Engineer 12Senior Machine Learning Engineer II 12