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Staff Engineer salary in Texas

A real-employer view of Staff Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated July 28, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Staff Engineer in Texas: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 128 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $86,354. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry54$77,000
Level II — qualified43$89,856
Level III — experienced18$112,631
Level IV — fully competent12$128,042

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Staff Engineer in Texas. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Terracon Consultants, Inc.Staff Engineer11$85,000
Freese and Nichols, Inc.Engineer IV9$86,008
Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLCEngineer I7$80,000
AtkinsRealis USA Inc.Sr Engineer I6$107,267
Ardurra Group, Inc.Engineer I4$102,022
Allpro Consulting Group, Inc.Staff Engineer3$64,459
HVJ Associates, IncStaff Engineer3$83,000
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.Senior Engineer3$115,000
Stiver Engineering, Inc.Engineer I3$65,000
THORNTON TOMASETTI, INC.Senior Engineer3$89,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Senior Engineer II at Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.
    $127,500
    DallasWage Level IVDecided Mar 31, 2026I-200-26083-726820
  • Engineer 2 at SSOE Inc. d/b/a SSOE Group
    $67,933
    AustinWage Level IDecided Mar 23, 2026I-200-26075-706501
  • Principal Engineer, Structural at Venture Global LNG Inc.
    $235,000
    HoustonWage Level IVDecided Mar 12, 2026I-200-26064-682484
  • Engineer at Palacios Marine & Industrial Coatings Inc.
    $115,000
    Port LavacaWage Level IIDecided Mar 10, 2026I-200-26062-677741
  • Staff Engineer, Water at GFT Infrastructure, Inc.
    $110,261
    HoustonWage Level IIIDecided Mar 4, 2026I-200-26056-663148
  • Engineer at Wells Concrete Products, Co.
    $107,109
    HillsboroWage Level IIDecided Mar 3, 2026I-200-26055-661449
  • Engineer III at Ardurra Group, Inc.
    $119,045
    HoustonWage Level IIIDecided Feb 11, 2026I-200-26035-620551
  • Engineer IV at Freese and Nichols, Inc.
    $86,008
    AustinWage Level IIDecided Feb 10, 2026I-200-26034-617555

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.