H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Occupation profile for Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning covers 74 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $225,687.

FY2026 certified median
$225,687
Total filings
74
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$217,492–$238,978
Top employer
LinkedIn Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202429$216,776$201,011$217,424
FY202520$226,158$207,368$226,158
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)25$225,687$217,492$238,978

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Staff Software Engineer, Machine LearningFY2024 $216,776; FY2025 $226,158; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $225,687$0$80,000$160,000$240,000FY2024$216,776FY2025$226,158FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$225,687Certified median offer, Staff Software Engineer, Machine LearningFY2024 $216,776; FY2025 $226,158; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $225,687$0$80k$160k$240kFY2024$216,776FY2025$226,158FY2026*$225,687
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. LinkedIn Corporation64 filings
  2. Tinder LLC3 filings
  3. Cowbell Cyber, Inc.1 filings
  4. Discord, Inc.1 filings
  5. Glass Imaging, Inc.1 filings
  6. Reddit, Inc.1 filings
  7. Suki AI, Inc.1 filings
  8. ThoughtSpot, Inc.1 filings
  9. TVAds AI, Inc.1 filings

Top cities

  1. Sunnyvale55 filings
  2. Palo Alto3 filings
  3. New York3 filings
  4. San Francisco2 filings
  5. San Mateo2 filings
  6. Bellevue2 filings
  7. Berkeley1 filings
  8. Mountain View1 filings
  9. San Ramon1 filings
  10. Sunnyale1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. LinkedIn Corporation · Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning64 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 4194015-1252$152,797$187,075$221,374$255,653
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-2051$125,486$168,917$212,326$255,757
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-2041$133,557$158,018$182,458$206,918
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-1252$109,845$137,717$165,589$193,461
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1252$137,093$165,131$193,149$221,187
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-1252$111,613$143,104$174,595$206,086
2026-27Pittsburgh, PAArea 3830015-1252$81,702$103,958$126,194$148,450
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-1221$100,422$137,779$175,136$212,493
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2041$81,869$111,176$140,483$169,790
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2051$110,386$142,438$174,512$206,565