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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 August 3, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Staff Engineer in Texas: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 15 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $151,840. 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 II — qualified4$119,500
Level III — experienced3$142,000
Level IV — fully competent8$164,528

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
Tenstorrent USA Inc.Engineer, AI Hardware4$158,184
Arm, Inc.Senior Engineer2$158,184
MediaTek USA Inc.Staff Engineer2$142,000
Celestica LLCStaff Engineer, Hardware Design - KBGFJG210801-41$145,381
CTC Trading Group, LLCSr. Engineer1$250,000
MIPS Holding, Inc.Senior Staff Engineer1$170,000
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, LLCStaff Engineer1$164,528
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.Senior Engineer1$115,000
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLCSenior Engineer1$124,000
Tenstorrent USA, Inc.Sr. Staff Engineer, RTL1$250,000

Recent sample filings

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

  • Senior Engineer at SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC
    $124,000
    AustinWage Level IIDecided Mar 30, 2026I-200-26082-723190
  • Sr. Engineer at CTC Trading Group, LLC
    $250,000
    AustinWage Level IIDecided Mar 4, 2026I-200-26057-665490
  • Sr. Staff Engineer at Tenstorrent USA Inc.
    $164,528
    AustinWage Level IVDecided Jan 27, 2026I-200-26020-571693
  • Staff Engineer at SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC
    $164,528
    AustinWage Level IVDecided Jan 8, 2026I-200-25365-518587
  • Senior Engineer at Arm, Inc.
    $164,528
    AustinWage Level IVDecided Jan 2, 2026I-200-25357-507555
  • Staff Engineer at Tenstorrent USA Inc.
    $164,528
    AustinWage Level IVDecided Nov 26, 2025I-200-25323-423467
  • Staff Engineer, Hardware Design - KBGFJG210801-4 at Celestica LLC
    $145,381
    RichardsonWage Level IIIDecided Sep 23, 2025I-200-25260-313735
  • Staff Engineer at MediaTek USA Inc.
    $142,000
    AustinWage Level IIIDecided Sep 12, 2025I-200-25248-290173

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.