Staff Software Engineer, H-1B salary
What 12,373 H-1B filings report for “Staff Software Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Software Engineer?
$165k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Software Engineer, typically $121k to $228k, across 12,373 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Washington at $200k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Washington697$200k+$35k
- 2New York331$193k+$28k
- 3New Jersey157$185k+$20k
- 4California7,430$174k+$9k
- 5Utah52$166k+$1k
- 6Virginia109$165ksame
- 7Minnesota33$163k−$2k
- 8Florida97$155k−$10k
- 9Massachusetts235$153k−$12k
- 10Pennsylvania72$153k−$12k
- 11Georgia464$150k−$15k
- 12South Carolina20$148k−$17k
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 Staff Software Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Staff Software Engineer roles are Walmart, Qualcomm, LinkedIn, Intuit, and Home Depot, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Staff Software Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Walmart1,991 filings$158k
- 2Qualcomm738 filings$133k
- 3LinkedIn661 filings$184k
- 4Intuit579 filings$171k
- 5Home Depot348 filings$150k
- 6ServiceNow312 filings$176k
- 7Uber279 filings$233k
- 8IBM265 filings$100k
- 9Google245 filings$259k
- 10PayPal129 filings$207k
- 11GE HealthCare116 filings$125k
- 12Tesla114 filings$184k
- 13Palo Alto Networks110 filings$144k
- 14Macy's104 filings$173k
- 15Okta103 filings$167k
- 16Visa103 filings$132k
- 17Indeed88 filings$169k
- 18X84 filings$224k
- 19GAP81 filings$165k
- 20General Electric79 filings$145k
- 21John Deere76 filings$135k
- 22Databricks67 filings$210k
- 23Airbnb67 filings$204k
- 24Citrix Systems67 filings$150k
- 25The Hartford67 filings$120k
- 26Rivian64 filings$200k
- 27Moody's59 filings$171k
- 28TriNet58 filings$162k
- 29Zscaler56 filings$169k
- 30Arris56 filings$96k
- 31Coinbase53 filings$237k
- 32Sony51 filings$191k
- 33Affirm51 filings$225k
- 34Blackhawk Network50 filings$131k
- 35SoFi48 filings$239k
- 36Bill.com47 filings$210k
- 37Box45 filings$170k
- 38Illumina43 filings$146k
- 39Aurora Innovation41 filings$189k
- 40SiriusXM40 filings$166k
- 41Robinhood38 filings$217k
- 42GE Vernova37 filings$143k
- 43Western Union37 filings$142k
- 44Instacart36 filings$233k
- 45Chewy35 filings$196k
- 46VMware35 filings$158k
- 47A10 Networks35 filings$132k
- 48Kohl's35 filings$175k
- 49Turo34 filings$200k
- 50Arm34 filings$142k
Related titles in this family
18,862 filings carry “Staff Software Engineer” in the title, across 946 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Staff Software Engineer1,543 filings$171k
- 2Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)1,068 filings$160k
- 3Sr. Staff Software Engineer418 filings$180k
- 4Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering375 filings$120k
- 5Member Technical Staff, Software Engineer297 filings$156k
- 6Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure221 filings$195k
- 7Staff, Software Engineer (L4)137 filings$220k
- 8Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning132 filings$201k
- 9Senior Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineering100 filings$155k
- 10Sr. Member of Technical Staff- Software Engineering65 filings$150k
- 11Senior Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineer52 filings$151k
- 12Staff Software Engineer in Test48 filings$156k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff Software 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.