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Staff Engineer salary in Virginia

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 May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Staff Engineer in Virginia: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 24 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $74,980. 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 — entry18$71,906
Level II — qualified4$88,587
Level IV — fully competent1$117,686

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Staff Engineer in Virginia. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Dulles Engineering, IncStaff Engineer8$71,906
Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLPEngineer I4$79,040
Schnabel Management Services, Inc.Senior Staff Engineer2$86,154
Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.Engineer I, Transportation2$70,500
Dulles Geotechnical and Material Testing Services, Inc.Staff Engineer2$70,720
Terracon Consultants, Inc.Senior Staff Engineer2$91,350
Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, LLCStaff Engineer1$88,138
CES Consulting LLCEngineer 11$90,000
Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C.Principal Engineer1$117,686
Nallapaneni Consultants LLCEngineer-11$71,906

Recent sample filings

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

  • Engineer II at Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP
    $97,011
    FairfaxDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25308-371658
  • Staff Engineer at Dulles Engineering, Inc
    $71,906
    SterlingWage Level IDecided Jun 10, 2025I-200-25154-048413
  • Senior Staff Engineer at Schnabel Management Services, Inc.
    $87,173
    SterlingWage Level IIDecided Jun 3, 2025I-200-25147-021125
  • Staff Engineer at Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, LLC
    $88,138
    BlacksburgWage Level IDecided May 29, 2025I-200-25141-004537
  • Engineer I, Transportation at Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.
    $73,000
    RichmondWage Level IDecided May 29, 2025I-200-25141-003358
  • Engineer I at Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP
    $79,040
    FairfaxWage Level IDecided May 23, 2025I-200-25136-985731
  • Engineer I, Water/WasteWater at Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.
    $68,000
    WilliamsburgWage Level IDecided May 19, 2025I-200-25132-963027
  • Engineer 1 at CES Consulting LLC
    $90,000
    WarrentonWage Level IIDecided May 14, 2025I-200-25127-948618

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.