Staff Engineer at Samsung
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does Samsung pay a Staff Engineer on an H-1B?
$165k Samsung has filed 405 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Staff Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $165k. Most of those filings fall between $149k and $180k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
405
Median base salary
$165k
Middle 50%
$149k to $180k
Filings and pay by year
Staff Engineer at Samsung, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 50 | $182k |
| FY2025 | 54 | $177k |
| FY2024 | 23 | $180k |
| FY2023 | 65 | $177k |
| FY2022 | 44 | $170k |
| FY2021 | 46 | $160k |
| FY2020 | 34 | $157k |
| FY2019 | 42 | $147k |
| FY2018 | 37 | $150k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $147k |
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 | 168 | $179k |
| Austin, TX | 166 | $155k |
| San Diego, CA | 44 | $149k |
| Plano, TX | 4 | $186k |
| Mountain View, CA | 4 | $148k |
| Bellevue, WA | 3 | $142k |
| Folsom, CA | 3 | $193k |
| Aurora, CO | 2 | $136k |
| Liberty Hill, TX | 2 | $144k |
| Round Rock, TX | 2 | $128k |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $125k |
| Garner, NC | 1 | $131k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 1 | $115k |
| Level II | 21 | $156k |
| Level III | 117 | $153k |
| Level IV | 225 | $165k |