Senior Design Engineer 1, H-1B salary
What 106 H-1B filings report for “Senior Design Engineer 1” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Design Engineer 1?
$119k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Design Engineer 1, typically $105k to $131k, across 106 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2024). Highest in California at $122k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California45$122k+$3k
- 2Connecticut59$115k−$4k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $119kfor 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
- 1ASML105 filings$119k
- 2Ginkgo Bioworks1 filings$120k
Related titles in this family
268 filings carry “Senior Design Engineer 1” in the title, across 27 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Design Engineer 1 - Software72 filings$140k
- 2Senior Design Engineer 1 - Mechatronics11 filings$107k
- 3Senior Design Engineer 1 - Mechanical10 filings$109k
- 4Senior Design Engineer 1 - Software QA10 filings$129k
- 5Senior Design Engineer 1 - Electrical Design9 filings$130k
- 6Senior Design Engineer 1 - Optical9 filings$117k
- 7Senior Design Engineer 1 - Electron Optics5 filings$112k
- 8Senior Design Engineer 1 - Systems5 filings$124k
- 9Senior Design Engineer 1 - Materials4 filings$110k
- 10Senior Design Engineer 1 - Reliability4 filings$131k
- 11Senior Design Engineer 1 - Lead3 filings$122k
- 12Senior Design Engineer 1 - Research3 filings$120k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Design Engineer 1”; 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.