Member of Technical Staff H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,435 certified H-1B applications for Member of Technical Staff roles between Mar 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $189,592. The typical offer was 3% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $189,592
Middle half earn: $160,805 to $240,000
Top 10% earn over: $320,000
Certified filings: 1,435

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	vs all	Middle half
Nutanix, Inc.	193	$177,838	−6%	$151,232 – $182,312
Anthropic, PBC	134	$226,138	+19%	$187,574 – $320,000
Rivos Inc.	60	$177,590	−6%	$146,612 – $215,000
Pure Storage, Inc.	58	$195,000	+3%	$175,000 – $210,000
X.Ai LLC	57	$280,000	+48%	$226,138 – $350,000
Mirafra Inc	54	$141,500	−25%	$110,240 – $156,640
Everpure, Inc.	33	$180,710	−5%	$149,365 – $226,000
Thinking Machines Lab Inc.	32	$194,834	+3%	$183,591 – $213,512
Anthropic, PBC d/b/a Anthropic, Inc.	31	$320,000	+69%	$300,000 – $320,000
OpenAI OpCo, LLC	30	$310,000	+64%	$295,000 – $385,000
Amazon.com Services LLC	29	$275,000	+45%	$209,082 – $315,000
Reflection AI, Inc.	28	$187,574	−1%	$161,429 – $213,512
Illumio, Inc.	25	$149,365	−21%	$146,307 – $149,365
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	18	$172,800	−9%	$164,043 – $190,816
athenahealth, Inc.	17	$118,473	−38%	$115,510 – $122,970
Perplexity AI, Inc.	16	$213,512	+13%	$189,592 – $220,844
Cartesia AI, Inc.	15	$295,000	+56%	$230,000 – $345,000
RadixArk, Inc.	15	$209,082	+10%	$174,304 – $300,000
Cohere US, Inc.	15	$240,000	+27%	$229,000 – $270,000
Contextual AI Inc.	12	$227,500	+20%	$200,000 – $238,046
Cohesity, Inc.	11	$164,000	−13%	$156,062 – $206,096
World Labs Technologies, Inc.	10	$232,500	+23%	$201,579 – $250,000
Reinforce Labs Inc.	10	$180,000	−5%	$176,250 – $187,741
Theom Inc.	9	$187,741	−1%	$149,365 – $199,534
Augment Computing, Inc.	9	$255,000	+34%	$225,000 – $300,000
X Corp.	9	$200,000	+5%	$150,000 – $250,000
Omnissa, LLC	9	$196,211	+3%	$172,931 – $226,000
Parallel Web Systems, Inc.	8	$200,000	+5%	$175,096 – $277,500
Hooglee Corp.	8	$275,000	+45%	$257,500 – $292,500
Forward Networks, Inc.	8	$187,741	−1%	$181,729 – $194,589
DevRev Inc.	7	$150,000	−21%	$129,620 – $165,000
Butler Labs, Inc.	7	$255,000	+34%	$245,000 – $265,000
Kognitos, Inc.	7	$185,000	−2%	$150,000 – $195,000
Pragiti Inc.	7	$120,000	−37%	$111,500 – $142,432
WaveForms AI, Inc.	7	$300,000	+58%	$290,000 – $365,000
Databricks, Inc.	7	$226,158	+19%	$187,741 – $234,579
Fireworks.ai, Inc.	7	$290,000	+53%	$237,500 – $325,000
Magic AI, Inc.	6	$256,756	+35%	$213,512 – $352,500
Prophet Security, Inc.	6	$168,870	−11%	$150,000 – $216,539
Modal Labs, Inc.	6	$181,000	−5%	$153,000 – $200,000
Periodic Labs, Inc.	5	$550,000	+190%	$375,000 – $550,000
Inception AI, Inc.	5	$240,000	+27%	$240,000 – $240,000
eBay Inc.	5	$188,364	−1%	$159,612 – $188,364
Revefi, Inc.	5	$165,000	−13%	$160,000 – $185,000
Platform9 Systems, Inc.	5	$132,000	−30%	$125,000 – $140,000
Inferact, Inc.	5	$280,000	+48%	$209,082 – $360,000
Labs for Humanity, Inc.	5	$215,000	+13%	$165,000 – $215,000
Impossible, Inc.	5	$209,082	+10%	$209,082 – $209,082
Tungsten Dev, Inc.	4	$215,000	+13%	$211,250 – $223,750
Selector Software, Inc.	4	$134,682	−29%	$120,000 – $152,024

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
San Francisco, CA	426	$220,000	$187,574 – $315,000
San Jose, CA	202	$177,916	$153,493 – $185,340
Santa Clara, CA	146	$186,370	$160,000 – $210,000
Palo Alto, CA	130	$238,893	$187,741 – $300,000
New York, NY	80	$200,000	$177,500 – $257,500
Austin, TX	43	$150,000	$110,240 – $193,000
Sunnyvale, CA	42	$149,365	$146,307 – $154,750
Mountain View, CA	37	$200,000	$160,000 – $230,000
San Mateo, CA	34	$215,000	$165,000 – $253,750
Seattle, WA	26	$182,312	$164,377 – $300,000
Durham, NC	22	$129,298	$118,344 – $154,482
Livermore, CA	19	$172,800	$163,162 – $188,319
Menlo Park, CA	19	$255,000	$161,637 – $362,500
Bellevue, WA	18	$197,500	$175,000 – $350,000
Boston, MA	16	$121,020	$116,852 – $124,765
San Diego, CA	13	$110,000	$108,570 – $110,800
Brooklyn, NY	11	$185,723	$160,805 – $187,658
Cupertino, CA	9	$160,160	$156,624 – $184,662
Brisbane, CA	8	$220,000	$202,500 – $350,000
Berkeley, CA	7	$208,000	$189,000 – $225,279

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	163	$149,365
Level II	380	$175,000
Level III	316	$200,000
Level IV	389	$230,000

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	68	$177,532
2024	324	$177,916
2025	537	$190,000
2026	506	$195,000