R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 27 wage applications for R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 3 employers. The median offered wage was $98,197, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. ANSYS, Inc. filed the most (20, median $105,026).

Filings: 27
Positions covered: 46
Employers: 3
Median offered: $98,197
Median prevailing wage: $98,197
Filings since FY2020: 29

R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer, all employers27 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$98,197Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$98,197 to $114,754Where the middle half of the filings fall

$98,197Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

Employers made 29 filings across 3 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1 filing.

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	27	$98,197	n/a	$98,197	at the minimum
2025	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2024	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2023	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2021	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2020	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
ANSYS, Inc.	20	$105,026	at the minimum
ANSYS, lnc.	6	$98,197	at the minimum
Synopsys, Inc.	1	$106,131	at the minimum

Where R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Canonsburg, PA	13	$98,197	at the minimum
Austin, TX	7	$114,754	at the minimum
Evanston, IL	3	$106,131	at the minimum
West Lafayette, IN	2	$81,037	at the minimum
Atlanta, GA	1	$106,906	at the minimum
Pittsburgh, PA	1	$98,197	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified91%

Level III, experienced9%

Level IV, fully competent0%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.