Sr Staff Sw Engineer, H-1B salary
What 119 H-1B filings report for “Sr Staff Sw Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Sr Staff Sw Engineer?
$138k median H-1B base salary for a Sr Staff Sw Engineer, typically $122k to $169k, across 119 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $148k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California47$148k+$10k
- 2Texas52$125k−$13k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $138kfor 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
- 1Visa101 filings$137k
- 2CyberSource18 filings$148k
Related titles in this family
125 filings carry “Sr Staff Sw Engineer” in the title, across 5 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Staff Sw Engineer (Sd Branch Platform and Module)2 filings$190k
- 2Sr. Staff Sw Engineer-Sr. Release Manager2 filings$142k
- 3Lead Sr Staff Sw Engineer1 filings$192k
- 4Sr. Staff Sw Engineer, Visanet Integrated Payment (Vip)1 filings$124k
Figures are for the exact title “Sr Staff Sw 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.