Senior Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 914 wage applications for Senior Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 276 employers. The median offered wage was $139,732, 4.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC filed the most (78, median $131,810).

Filings: 914
Positions covered: 1,240
Employers: 276
Median offered: $139,732
Median prevailing wage: $128,128
Filings since FY2020: 6,540
Median offer change since FY2020: +20%

Senior Engineer, all employers914 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$139,732Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$120,000 to $161,179Where the middle half of the filings fall

$128,128Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Engineer jobs rose 20%, from $113,776 in fiscal 2020 to $136,138 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 1,184 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 Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	671	$136,138	−2.4%	$127,234	+3.8%
2025	1,030	$139,506	+1.6%	$125,445	+5.2%
2024	903	$137,248	+2.4%	$123,614	+8.3%
2023	847	$134,035	+6.5%	$118,581	+7.6%
2022	1,184	$125,798	+6.7%	$115,939	+6.0%
2021	914	$117,942	+3.7%	$109,054	+4.0%
2020	991	$113,776	n/a	$105,726	+4.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC	78	$131,810	at the minimum
Target Enterprise, Inc.	47	$125,896	at the minimum
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA)	37	$153,818	+21.3%
Arm, Inc.	25	$161,179	at the minimum
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	25	$174,250	+17.5%
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.	22	$167,986	+10.8%
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.	21	$156,853	at the minimum
Spotify USA Inc.	19	$233,460	+45.6%
KPIT Technologies, Inc.	19	$90,000	+9.7%
Seagate US LLC	18	$119,309	+12.3%
Tenstorrent USA Inc.	15	$163,550	at the minimum
OKBL USA Technology Inc.	15	$257,880	+14.0%
Shipt, Inc.	15	$145,018	at the minimum
Motional AD Inc.	14	$207,000	+30.0%
Ibase Operations Corp.	13	$107,037	+15.9%
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.	12	$132,521	+27.2%
Deloitte Consulting LLP	12	$136,254	+0.8%
DB Global Technology, Inc.	11	$137,000	+12.3%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	10	$151,778	at the minimum
Homesite Group Incorporated	10	$137,003	+15.6%
Arup US, Inc.	10	$135,523	+6.0%
Quest Global Services- N.A., Inc.	10	$94,000	+2.6%
Ice Mortgage Technology, Inc.	10	$143,500	at the minimum
Shopify (USA) Inc.	10	$131,997	+0.7%
Postman, Inc.	9	$226,138	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 276. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	89	$128,586	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	70	$159,890	at the minimum
New York, NY	43	$199,850	+12.3%
Plano, TX	42	$151,869	+18.8%
Minneapolis, MN	38	$125,847	at the minimum
Madison, WI	22	$131,021	+28.4%
Phoenix, AZ	22	$164,822	+10.6%
San Francisco, CA	19	$154,228	+0.6%
Chicago, IL	17	$140,000	+25.6%
San Diego, CA	16	$143,881	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	16	$185,000	+0.9%
Boston, MA	15	$146,000	+12.3%
Houston, TX	15	$148,900	+22.7%
Santa Clara, CA	13	$176,696	at the minimum
Cary, NC	12	$136,599	+15.2%
Los Angeles, CA	12	$164,000	+12.2%
Atlanta, GA	10	$128,622	at the minimum
Fremont, CA	9	$150,571	+6.6%
Irvine, CA	9	$132,935	+15.6%
Seattle, WA	9	$149,240	+7.7%
Bloomington, MN	7	$117,764	+6.7%
Jacksonville, FL	7	$126,300	+30.6%
Auburn Hills, MI	6	$94,330	+0.7%
Birmingham, AL	6	$130,707	+15.5%
Brooklyn Park, MN	6	$125,798	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry5%

Level II, qualified34%

Level III, experienced38%

Level IV, fully competent23%

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.
8 filings are 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.