Engineer II, H-1B salary
What 2,507 H-1B filings report for “Engineer II” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Engineer II?
$93k median H-1B base salary for an Engineer II, typically $70k to $142k, across 2,507 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $135k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York139$135k+$42k
- 2Washington82$128k+$35k
- 3Massachusetts131$116k+$23k
- 4Nebraska23$116k+$23k
- 5California298$112k+$19k
- 6Arizona263$100k+$7k
- 7New Jersey53$98k+$5k
- 8Texas463$96k+$3k
- 9Maryland31$94k+$1k
- 10Missouri22$92k−$1k
- 11Colorado85$90k−$3k
- 12Minnesota66$88k−$5k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $93kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Engineer II?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Engineer II roles are Samsung, GEICO, Seagate, University of Phoenix, and Spotify, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Engineer II filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Samsung230 filings$102k
- 2GEICO161 filings$133k
- 3Seagate98 filings$88k
- 4University of Phoenix81 filings$105k
- 5Spotify68 filings$171k
- 6AtkinsRealis60 filings$82k
- 7Elevance Health50 filings$70k
- 8HNTB49 filings$85k
- 9Wayfair47 filings$155k
- 10Gulfstream Aerospace45 filings$77k
- 11Carvana42 filings$124k
- 12Parsons31 filings$94k
- 13Mutual of Omaha29 filings$116k
- 14F526 filings$132k
- 15McKinsey23 filings$139k
- 16American Bureau of Shipping22 filings$84k
- 17Intercontinental Exchange21 filings$103k
- 18WSP21 filings$82k
- 19Advanced Cooling Technologies21 filings$80k
- 20Dish21 filings$94k
- 21Modjeski and Masters19 filings$64k
- 22P3 Group19 filings$81k
- 23Granite Construction16 filings$90k
- 24Brookhaven National Laboratory15 filings$131k
- 25Entergy15 filings$85k
- 26CHA Consulting14 filings$83k
- 27Rummel, Klepper & Kahl14 filings$94k
- 28Ardurra Group14 filings$84k
- 29Automotive Robotics14 filings$64k
- 30CrowdStrike14 filings$128k
- 31Freese and Nichols13 filings$65k
- 32Starbucks13 filings$128k
- 33Azzur Group13 filings$73k
- 34Best Buy12 filings$130k
- 35HashiCorp12 filings$167k
- 36Motional12 filings$108k
- 37Jacobs12 filings$83k
- 38Lear11 filings$91k
- 39Western Alliance Bank11 filings$99k
- 40umlaut11 filings$80k
- 41AECOM10 filings$73k
- 42Parker Hannifin10 filings$78k
- 43Pioneer Consulting Services10 filings$104k
- 44lululemon9 filings$147k
- 45ASEC9 filings$62k
- 46FedEx9 filings$73k
- 47Zensar8 filings$102k
- 48Intellectt8 filings$97k
- 49Green International Affiliates8 filings$70k
- 50AIR Worldwide8 filings$113k
Related titles in this family
133,764 filings carry “Engineer II” in the title, across 6,583 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Software Development Engineer II25,954 filings$153k
- 2Software Engineer II12,592 filings$113k
- 3Software Engineer III11,724 filings$117k
- 4Software Development Engineer III6,062 filings$176k
- 5Software Dev Engineer II5,495 filings$171k
- 6Data Engineer II3,978 filings$136k
- 7Business Intelligence Engineer II3,737 filings$124k
- 8Quality Assurance Engineer II2,352 filings$132k
- 9Data Engineer III2,004 filings$140k
- 10System Development Engineer II1,428 filings$147k
- 11Associate, Software Engineer III1,343 filings$138k
- 12Engineer III1,335 filings$98k
Figures are for the exact title “Engineer II”; 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.