Staff Materials Engineer, H-1B salary
What 23 H-1B filings report for “Staff Materials Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Materials Engineer?
$175k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Materials Engineer, typically $135k to $187k, across 23 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California23$175ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $175kfor 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 Staff Materials Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Staff Materials Engineer roles are Tesla and Align Technology, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Staff Materials Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Tesla19 filings$174k
- 2Align Technology3 filings$201k
- 3Qualcomm1 filings$117k
Related titles in this family
33 filings carry “Staff Materials Engineer” in the title, across 7 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Staff Materials Engineer3 filings$126k
- 2Member of Technical Staff (Materials Engineer)2 filings$150k
- 3Senior Staff Materials Engineer2 filings$179k
- 4Postdoctoral Research Staff (Materials Engineer)1 filings$115k
- 5Staff Materials Engineer (Engineer III)1 filings$107k
- 6Staff Materials Engineer, Paint Systems1 filings$146k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff Materials 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.