H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Sr Staff Engineer Software

Occupation profile for Sr Staff Engineer Software covers 19 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $176,800.

FY2026 certified median
$176,800
Total filings
19
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$165,781–$192,273
Top employer
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20245$163,646$147,368$172,032
FY202511$182,176$174,754$204,566
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)3$176,800$165,781$192,273

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Sr Staff Engineer SoftwareFY2024 $163,646; FY2025 $182,176; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $176,800$0$70,000$140,000$210,000FY2024$163,646FY2025$182,176FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$176,800Certified median offer, Sr Staff Engineer SoftwareFY2024 $163,646; FY2025 $182,176; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $176,800$0$70k$140k$210kFY2024$163,646FY2025$182,176FY2026*$176,800
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Palo Alto Networks, Inc.8 filings
  2. Safeway Inc.7 filings
  3. Corporate Brokers, LLC dba Tential1 filings
  4. FreeWire Technologies, Inc.1 filings
  5. Tenstorrent USA Inc.1 filings
  6. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Santa Clara7 filings
  2. Pleasanton6 filings
  3. Newark1 filings
  4. Evansville1 filings
  5. Bayonne1 filings
  6. Austin1 filings
  7. Plano1 filings
  8. Waunakee1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · Sr Staff Engineer Software8 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
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
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
2026-27Evansville, INArea 2178015-1252$71,178$87,651$104,104$120,578
2026-27Madison, WIArea 3154015-1252$88,109$108,451$128,814$149,157
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461