H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineering)

Occupation profile for Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineering) covers 17 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $213,512.

FY2026 certified median
$213,512
Total filings
17
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$189,592–$214,000
Top employer
Anthropic, PBC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20243$160,000$140,000$180,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)14$213,512$189,592$214,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineering)FY2024 $160,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $213,512$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$160,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$213,512Certified median offer, Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineering)FY2024 $160,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $213,512$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$160,000FY2026*$213,512
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Anthropic, PBC10 filings
  2. OpenAI OpCo, LLC4 filings
  3. PURE STORAGE, INC.2 filings
  4. TextQL, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. San Francisco11 filings
  2. New York4 filings
  3. Mountain View1 filings
  4. Santa Clara1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Anthropic, PBC · Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineering)10 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1299$80,870$121,014$161,138$201,282
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653