Senior Staff Design Engineer, H-1B salary
What 37 H-1B filings report for “Senior Staff Design Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Staff Design Engineer?
$165k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Staff Design Engineer, typically $120k to $200k, across 37 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2025).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California30$162k−$3k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $165kfor 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 a Senior Staff Design Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Staff Design Engineer roles are Xilinx, Marvell, and Silicon Laboratories, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Staff Design Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Xilinx11 filings$175k
- 2Marvell4 filings$127k
- 3Silicon Laboratories3 filings$208k
- 4Ampere Computing2 filings$145k
- 5Innophase2 filings$120k
- 6Micron2 filings$192k
- 7SK hynix memory solutions America2 filings$152k
- 8Silanna Semiconductor2 filings$118k
- 9Ubilinx Technology2 filings$168k
- 10AMS Sensors1 filings$165k
- 11Empower Semiconductor1 filings$191k
- 12Goke US Research Laboratory1 filings$190k
- 13Home Box Office1 filings$180k
- 14Inphi1 filings$130k
- 15NEXT Semiconductor Technologies1 filings$130k
- 16Stryker1 filings$119k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Staff Design 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.