Senior Staff Engineer I, H-1B salary
What 6 H-1B filings report for “Senior Staff Engineer I” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Staff Engineer I?
$133k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Staff Engineer I, typically $127k to $149k, across 6 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2019 to FY2021).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
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Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Bris Engineering5 filings$133k
- 2Samsung1 filings$165k
Related titles in this family
28 filings carry “Senior Staff Engineer I” in the title, across 14 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Staff Engineer I, Research4 filings$189k
- 2Senior Staff Engineer II, Software3 filings$167k
- 3Senior Staff Engineer, Instrument Npi3 filings$185k
- 4Senior Staff Engineer I, Machine Learning2 filings$204k
- 5Senior Staff Engineer II, Research2 filings$230k
- 6Senior Staff Engineer I, Software1 filings$155k
- 7Senior Staff Engineer I, Systems Design/Architecture1 filings$211k
- 8Senior Staff Engineer, Identity and Access Management1 filings$113k
- 9Senior Staff Engineer, Image Tech Dev1 filings$168k
- 10Senior Staff Engineer, Interfaces (Mobile/Chatbot) Architect1 filings$155k
- 11Senior Staff Engineer - Internal Tools1 filings$184k
- 12Senior Staff Engineer IT Engineering1 filings$108k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Staff Engineer I”; 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.