H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Occupation profile for Senior Staff Software Engineer covers 584 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $198,248.

FY2026 certified median
$198,248
Total filings
584
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$167,000–$239,841
Top employer
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024210$180,000$171,080$210,932
FY2025204$186,392$173,500$226,415
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)170$198,248$167,000$239,841

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Staff Software EngineerFY2024 $180,000; FY2025 $186,392; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $198,248$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$180,000FY2025$186,392FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$198,248Certified median offer, Senior Staff Software EngineerFY2024 $180,000; FY2025 $186,392; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $198,248$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$180,000FY2025$186,392FY2026*$198,248
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.66 filings
  2. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.61 filings
  3. Intuit Inc.55 filings
  4. ServiceNow, Inc.29 filings
  5. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.22 filings
  6. Hartford Fire Insurance Company19 filings
  7. Gap Inc.15 filings
  8. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.14 filings
  9. Google LLC10 filings
  10. Social Finance, LLC10 filings

Top cities

  1. Santa Clara117 filings
  2. San Diego77 filings
  3. Mountain View53 filings
  4. San Francisco37 filings
  5. San Jose29 filings
  6. Austin15 filings
  7. Hartford14 filings
  8. Seattle13 filings
  9. New York12 filings
  10. Sunnyvale9 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer66 filings
  2. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer61 filings
  3. Intuit Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer55 filings
  4. ServiceNow, Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer29 filings
  5. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer22 filings
  6. Hartford Fire Insurance Company · Senior Staff Software Engineer19 filings
  7. Gap Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer15 filings
  8. Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. · Senior Staff Software Engineer14 filings
  9. Google LLC · Senior Staff Software Engineer10 filings
  10. Social Finance, LLC · Senior Staff Software Engineer10 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174015-1252$105,664$134,347$163,010$191,693
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-1252$95,202$116,896$138,590$160,285
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CTArea 2554015-1252$95,077$114,733$134,368$154,024
2026-27Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAArea 1206015-1252$91,915$113,776$135,658$157,518
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-1252$114,275$138,237$162,198$186,160