Senior Applications Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 50 wage applications for Senior Applications Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 28 employers. The median offered wage was $143,595, 2.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. filed the most (7, median $160,000).

Filings: 50
Positions covered: 50
Employers: 28
Median offered: $143,595
Median prevailing wage: $130,343
Filings since FY2020: 364
Median offer change since FY2020: +20%

Senior Applications Engineer, all employers50 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$143,595Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$127,059 to $167,437Where the middle half of the filings fall

$130,343Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Applications Engineer jobs rose 20%, from $120,000 in fiscal 2020 to $143,670 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 72 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

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

Senior Applications Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	45	$143,670	−0.3%	$131,019	+2.8%
2025	36	$144,123	+14.2%	$124,842	+11.2%
2024	48	$126,193	−2.9%	$116,979	+5.7%
2023	44	$130,000	+5.0%	$113,152	+7.4%
2022	58	$123,850	+12.2%	$106,583	+9.1%
2021	72	$110,365	−8.0%	$106,604	+3.1%
2020	61	$120,000	n/a	$111,634	+3.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.	7	$160,000	+2.0%
Medidata Solutions, Inc.	5	$151,124	+8.4%
Brookhaven National Laboratory	4	$136,994	+44.2%
Siemens Industry Software Inc.	3	$175,736	+19.3%
Zillow, Inc.	3	$196,352	+23.2%
Park Systems, Inc.	2	$127,060	+3.8%
Power Integrations Inc.	2	$113,938	+1.1%
Comsol, Inc.	2	$155,574	at the minimum
Abacus Power, Inc.	2	$140,000	+8.3%
PRIMUS Global Services, Inc.	2	$115,336	at the minimum
Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.	1	$110,000	+0.5%
IPG Photonics Corporation	1	$114,930	at the minimum
AVO Multi-Amp Corporation	1	$133,782	+14.3%
Onto Innovation, Inc.	1	$133,000	+0.6%
Unique System Skills LLC	1	$127,000	+0.1%
Field AI, Inc.	1	$185,000	+0.5%
Syntiant, Corp.	1	$199,962	+8.3%
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated	1	$127,234	at the minimum
Aem International (US), Ltd	1	$159,996	+9.9%
Lands' End, Inc.	1	$143,062	at the minimum
Newegg, Inc.	1	$129,667	at the minimum
Uber Technologies, Inc.	1	$200,800	+2.1%
dSPACE, Inc.	1	$114,753	+2.8%
Octavo Systems LLC	1	$122,500	+2.7%
Additive Technologies LLC	1	$83,500	+13.4%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 28. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Applications Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
San Jose, CA	8	$158,427	+0.2%
Santa Clara, CA	4	$138,060	+4.9%
Upton, NY	4	$136,994	+44.2%
Burlington, MA	2	$155,574	at the minimum
Irvine, CA	2	$192,481	+4.4%
Kansas City, MO	2	$115,336	at the minimum
Livonia, MI	2	$145,154	+39.0%
Sunnyvale, CA	2	$164,017	+1.0%
Austin, TX	1	$189,842	+13.7%
Bothell, WA	1	$190,653	at the minimum
Cincinnati, OH	1	$150,700	+8.4%
Dallas, TX	1	$133,782	+14.3%
Diamond Bar, CA	1	$129,667	at the minimum
Edison, NJ	1	$127,000	+0.1%
Fremont, CA	1	$159,890	+19.3%
Frisco, TX	1	$181,500	+15.6%
Hillsboro, OR	1	$133,000	+0.6%
Houston, TX	1	$105,000	+4.6%
Iselin, NJ	1	$143,670	+5.4%
Leander, TX	1	$204,447	+23.2%
Mason, OH	1	$151,124	+8.7%
New York, NY	1	$177,786	+10.6%
Newberry, FL	1	$175,736	+42.5%
Novi, MI	1	$114,930	at the minimum
Palm City, FL	1	$83,500	+13.4%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry17%

Level II, qualified12%

Level III, experienced45%

Level IV, fully competent26%

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.
1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

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