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R&D Engineer Software at VMware

Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.

What does VMware pay a R&D Engineer Software on an H-1B?

$190k VMware has filed 237 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of R&D Engineer Software with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2024 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $190k. Most of those filings fall between $173k and $222k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.

H-1B LCA filings
237
Median base salary
$190k
Middle 50%
$173k to $222k

Filings and pay by year

R&D Engineer Software at VMware, by fiscal year

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VMware R&D Engineer Software H-1B filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)60$187k
FY2025125$190k
FY202452$206k

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

LocationFilingsMedian base salary
Palo Alto, CA152$215k
Austin, TX16$164k
Burlington, MA15$173k
Bellevue, WA13$190k
Durham, NC5$164k
Reston, VA3$175k
San Jose, CA3$210k
Atlanta, GA2$150k
Cumming, GA2$185k
Princeton, NJ2$152k
Troy, NY2$144k
Apex, NC1$195k

Prevailing-wage level

The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)

LevelFilingsMedian base salary
Level I1$146k
Level II2$116k
Level III1$155k
Level IV99$182k

Other roles VMware sponsors

Member of Technical Staff 2,088Senior Member of Technical Staff 779Staff Engineer 583Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering 345Sr. Member of Technical Staff 124Member of Technical Staff 3 121Senior Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering 88Software Engineer 88Product Manager 81R&D Engineer Software 4 79Senior Product Manager 75Member of Technical Staff- Quality Engineering 66

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