Staff Software Engineer at IBM
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does IBM pay a Staff Software Engineer on an H-1B?
$100k IBM has filed 265 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Staff Software Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $100k. Most of those filings fall between $88k and $118k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
265
Median base salary
$100k
Middle 50%
$88k to $118k
Filings and pay by year
Staff Software Engineer at IBM, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 3 | $152k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $152k |
| FY2024 | 8 | $179k |
| FY2023 | 4 | $126k |
| FY2022 | 11 | $110k |
| FY2021 | 18 | $118k |
| FY2020 | 16 | $101k |
| FY2019 | 47 | $101k |
| FY2018 | 59 | $96k |
| FY2017 | 97 | $95k |
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 Jose, CA | 78 | $110k |
| Austin, TX | 30 | $84k |
| Littleton, MA | 27 | $97k |
| Durham, NC | 26 | $94k |
| Foster City, CA | 25 | $113k |
| New York, NY | 8 | $105k |
| Charlotte, NC | 8 | $91k |
| Cambridge, MA | 7 | $98k |
| Dublin, OH | 6 | $94k |
| Chicago, IL | 4 | $81k |
| Coppell, TX | 4 | $147k |
| Sandy Springs, GA | 4 | $93k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 192 | $95k |
| Level III | 33 | $114k |
| Level IV | 16 | $127k |