H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Engineer 3

Occupation profile for Staff Engineer 3 covers 30 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $159,632.

FY2026 certified median
$159,632
Total filings
30
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$155,738–$159,632
Top employer
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202410$110,700$110,700$117,800
FY202513$155,000$140,000$155,738
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)7$159,632$155,738$159,632

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Engineer 3FY2024 $110,700; FY2025 $155,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $159,632$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$110,700FY2025$155,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$159,632Certified median offer, Staff Engineer 3FY2024 $110,700; FY2025 $155,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $159,632$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$110,700FY2025$155,000FY2026*$159,632
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab30 filings

Top cities

  1. Menlo Park29 filings
  2. Rocklin1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab · Staff Engineer 330 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 4186019-2012$140,650$171,142$201,635$232,128
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2199$98,051$130,146$162,261$194,355