LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
Senior Staff Software Engineer on H-1B filings: salary and sponsors
Short answer
Senior Staff Software Engineer appears on 116 H-1B labor condition applications for IT occupations (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), filed by 42 employers, which ranks it 82 of 620 titles on this site. The median offered wage is $204,576 a year (middle half: $179,396 to $239,841). The most common state is California (76).
Offered wage
| Measure | Per year |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (offered) | $179,396 |
| Median (offered) | $204,576 |
| Upper quartile (offered) | $239,841 |
| Median prevailing wage on the same filings | $187,430 |
The median offered wage is 9.1% above the median prevailing wage on these filings. For the DOL levels by area, see prevailing wages.
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 2 | 3% |
| Level III | 19 | 27% |
| Level IV | 49 | 70% |
Where and who
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 76 |
| Texas | 9 |
| Connecticut | 6 |
| Washington | 5 |
| New York | 4 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| Top sponsors with a page | Filings |
|---|---|
| Qualcomm | 20 |
| Intuit | 16 |
| Servicenow | 11 |
| Palo Alto Networks | 11 |
| Hartford Fire Insurance | 10 |
| Tesla | 4 |
| PayPal | 3 |
| Stryker | 2 |
Occupation on the filings: Software Developers (113), Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (2). An LCA is not an approval or a job opening. Corrections: support@matchwire.co.
Similar titles
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Senior Developer | 116 |
| Sap Consultant | 116 |
| Sr. Data Engineer | 117 |
| Java Full Stack Developer | 114 |
| Cloud Engineer | 112 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 110 |