Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does LinkedIn pay a Staff Software Engineer on an H-1B?
$184k LinkedIn has filed 661 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 $184k. Most of those filings fall between $165k and $193k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
661
Median base salary
$184k
Middle 50%
$165k to $193k
Filings and pay by year
Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 69 | $214k |
| FY2025 | 62 | $211k |
| FY2024 | 79 | $189k |
| FY2023 | 89 | $193k |
| FY2022 | 88 | $184k |
| FY2021 | 58 | $171k |
| FY2020 | 68 | $158k |
| FY2019 | 62 | $158k |
| FY2018 | 55 | $155k |
| FY2017 | 31 | $153k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 488 | $184k |
| Mountain View, CA | 72 | $165k |
| San Francisco, CA | 37 | $183k |
| New York, NY | 25 | $175k |
| Bellevue, WA | 5 | $169k |
| Bothell, WA | 4 | $190k |
| Apex, NC | 3 | $158k |
| Brentwood, CA | 3 | $214k |
| Carpinteria, CA | 3 | $165k |
| Redwood City, CA | 3 | $174k |
| Seattle, WA | 3 | $169k |
| Concord, NC | 2 | $156k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 2 | $142k |
| Level III | 18 | $150k |
| Level IV | 466 | $171k |
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