H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Design Engineer

Occupation profile for Staff Design Engineer covers 36 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $175,909.

FY2026 certified median
$175,909
Total filings
36
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$164,528–$180,032
Top employer
Arm, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202412$170,689$154,555$191,444
FY202512$154,565$153,201$172,087
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)12$175,909$164,528$180,032

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Design EngineerFY2024 $170,689; FY2025 $154,565; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $175,909$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$170,689FY2025$154,565FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$175,909Certified median offer, Staff Design EngineerFY2024 $170,689; FY2025 $154,565; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $175,909$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$170,689FY2025$154,565FY2026*$175,909
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Arm, Inc.14 filings
  2. Micron Technology, Inc.10 filings
  3. Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated2 filings
  4. MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.2 filings
  5. Silicon Laboratories, Inc.2 filings
  6. Calsoft Labs Inc1 filings
  7. CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION1 filings
  8. DEVICOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS1 filings
  9. Nutanix, Inc.1 filings
  10. Qorvo US, INC.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Austin14 filings
  2. San Jose13 filings
  3. Chandler2 filings
  4. Folsom2 filings
  5. Sunnyvale2 filings
  6. Apopka1 filings
  7. Cincinnati1 filings
  8. Lynnwood1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Arm, Inc. · Staff Design Engineer14 filings
  2. Micron Technology, Inc. · Staff Design 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
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2072$100,131$126,235$152,360$178,464
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2072$124,405$155,896$187,408$218,899
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2071$130,686$159,890$189,072$218,275
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2061$116,958$145,558$174,179$202,779
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2071$93,205$125,403$157,602$189,800
2026-27Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZArea 3806017-2072$81,827$104,894$127,941$151,008
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242015-1252$95,888$119,642$143,395$167,149
2026-27Cincinnati, OH-KY-INArea 1714017-2141$75,234$92,477$109,741$126,984
2026-27Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLArea 3674017-2072$92,435$112,986$133,515$154,066
2026-27Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CAArea 4090017-2071$93,142$117,000$140,837$164,694