Staff Sw Test Engineer, H-1B salary
What 199 H-1B filings report for “Staff Sw Test Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Staff Sw Test Engineer?
$118k median H-1B base salary for a Staff Sw Test Engineer, typically $102k to $140k, across 199 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2018 to FY2026). Highest in California at $127k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California56$127k+$9k
- 2Texas90$112k−$6k
- 3Colorado34$110k−$8k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $118kfor 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
- 1Visa139 filings$117k
- 2CyberSource60 filings$124k
Related titles in this family
229 filings carry “Staff Sw Test Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Sr. Staff Sw Test Engineer28 filings$131k
- 2Staff Sw Test Engineer, QA1 filings$125k
- 3Staff Sw Test Engineer , Software Test Engineering1 filings$160k
Figures are for the exact title “Staff Sw Test 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.