Backend API Engineer, H-1B salary
What 201 H-1B filings report for “Backend API Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Backend API Engineer?
$146k median H-1B base salary for a Backend API Engineer, typically $118k to $190k, across 201 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2019 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $169k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York29$169k+$23k
- 2California92$157k+$11k
- 3Washington63$141k−$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $146kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
Related titles in this family
214 filings carry “Backend API Engineer” in the title, across 7 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Backend API Engineer7 filings$155k
- 2Staff Backend/API Engineer2 filings$210k
- 3Backend/API Engineer, Applications1 filings$157k
- 4Backend/ API Engineer, Payments1 filings$190k
- 5Backend / API Engineer, Payments Platform1 filings$169k
- 6Software Engineer (Backend / API Engineer)1 filings$164k
Figures are for the exact title “Backend API Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.