H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Engineer, Systems Design Engineering

Occupation profile for Staff Engineer, Systems Design Engineering covers 18 filings across the reporting window. FY2025 certified median offer: $135,245.

FY2025 certified median
$135,245
Total filings
18
FY2025 25th–75th percentile
$135,245–$135,245
Top employer
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202416$126,984$121,988$140,525
FY20252$135,245$135,245$135,245

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, Systems Design EngineeringFY2024 $126,984; FY2025 $135,245$0$50,000$100,000$150,000FY2024$126,984FY2025$135,245Certified median offer, Staff Engineer, Systems Design EngineeringFY2024 $126,984; FY2025 $135,245$0$50k$100k$150kFY2024$126,984FY2025$135,245
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.16 filings
  2. Sandisk Technologies, Inc.2 filings

Top cities

  1. Milpitas10 filings
  2. San Jose5 filings
  3. Santa Clara2 filings
  4. Livermore1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · Staff Engineer, Systems Design Engineering16 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 4194017-2141$117,998$141,835$165,693$189,530
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2072$108,846$138,528$168,189$197,870