Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Staff Engineer 1
Occupation profile for Staff Engineer 1 covers 10 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $99,322.
- FY2025 certified median
- $99,322
- Total filings
- 10
- FY2025 25th–75th percentile
- $99,322–$99,322
- Top employer
- VMware LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 9 | $212,875 | $192,000 | $222,000 |
| FY2025 | 1 | $99,322 | $99,322 | $99,322 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- VMware LLC4 filings
- Cohesity, Inc.2 filings
- City of Philadelphia1 filings
- Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab1 filings
- Pivotal Software, Inc.1 filings
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Palo Alto3 filings
- San Jose2 filings
- Menlo Park1 filings
- Philadelphia1 filings
- Frisco1 filings
- Plano1 filings
- Bellevue1 filings
Filings by employer and title
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.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1252 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| 2026-27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 19100 | 15-1252 | $95,202 | $116,896 | $138,590 | $160,285 |
| 2026-27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 19100 | 17-2072 | $93,746 | $117,104 | $140,442 | $163,800 |
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 37980 | 17-2051 | $75,670 | $90,667 | $105,664 | $120,661 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1252 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |