H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering

Occupation profile for Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering covers 25 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $134,800.

FY2026 certified median
$134,800
Total filings
25
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$120,140–$151,340
Top employer
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202415$140,525$134,514$165,435
FY20254$149,854$144,664$155,043
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)6$134,800$120,140$151,340

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, R&D EngineeringFY2024 $140,525; FY2025 $149,854; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $134,800$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$140,525FY2025$149,854FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$134,800Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, R&D EngineeringFY2024 $140,525; FY2025 $149,854; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $134,800$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$140,525FY2025$149,854FY2026*$134,800
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.23 filings
  2. Sandisk Technologies, Inc.2 filings

Top cities

  1. San Jose16 filings
  2. Milpitas5 filings
  3. Anaheim1 filings
  4. Cupertino1 filings
  5. Fremont1 filings
  6. Irvine1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering23 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 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
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2131$110,802$133,661$156,499$179,358
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2141$117,998$141,835$165,693$189,530
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2061$114,670$139,402$164,154$188,885
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2112$99,362$122,158$144,955$167,752
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194019-2031$78,312$99,715$121,139$142,542
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2072$108,846$138,528$168,189$197,870