H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer

Occupation profile for R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer covers 20 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $130,982.

FY2026 certified median
$130,982
Total filings
20
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$118,286–$144,115
Top employer
ANSYS, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)20$130,982$118,286$144,115

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, R&D Engineering, Staff EngineerFY2026 (Q1–Q3) $130,982$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$130,982Certified median offer, R&D Engineering, Staff EngineerFY2026 (Q1–Q3) $130,982$0$50k$100k$150kFY2026*$130,982
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. ANSYS, Inc.11 filings
  2. ANSYS, lnc.9 filings

Top cities

  1. Canonsburg8 filings
  2. Sunnyvale3 filings
  3. Lebanon3 filings
  4. Allen2 filings
  5. Irvine1 filings
  6. Livermore1 filings
  7. Waltham1 filings
  8. Austin1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. ANSYS, Inc. · R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer11 filings
  2. ANSYS, lnc. · R&D Engineering, Staff Engineer9 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
2026-27Pittsburgh, PAArea 3830015-1252$81,702$103,958$126,194$148,450
2026-27Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan areaArea 330000115-1252$89,357$108,805$128,232$147,680
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-1252$106,787$134,202$161,637$189,051
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2141$110,510$134,493$158,454$182,437