H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Engineer 2

Occupation profile for Staff Engineer 2 covers 38 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $130,000.

FY2026 certified median
$130,000
Total filings
38
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$130,000–$130,000
Top employer
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202412$95,800$95,800$151,740
FY202519$130,000$116,000$130,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)7$130,000$130,000$130,000

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Engineer 2FY2024 $95,800; FY2025 $130,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $130,000$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$95,800FY2025$130,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$130,000Certified median offer, Staff Engineer 2FY2024 $95,800; FY2025 $130,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $130,000$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$95,800FY2025$130,000FY2026*$130,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab30 filings
  2. Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory2 filings
  3. VMware LLC2 filings
  4. Western Alliance Bank2 filings
  5. Clumio, Inc.1 filings
  6. United States Gypsum Company1 filings

Top cities

  1. Menlo Park32 filings
  2. Fremont1 filings
  3. Palo Alto1 filings
  4. Santa Clara1 filings
  5. Thousand Oaks1 filings
  6. Chicago1 filings
  7. Austin1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab · Staff Engineer 230 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 4186017-2199$98,051$130,146$162,261$194,355
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2012$140,650$171,142$201,635$232,128
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2099$116,043$125,798$135,533$145,288
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
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698017-2071$81,411$99,715$118,040$136,344
2026-27Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CAArea 3710015-1211$79,539$99,632$119,704$139,797
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2071$106,038$133,973$161,886$189,821