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Staff Engineer salary in California

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 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Staff Engineer in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 23 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $163,613. 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 — qualified3$113,277
Level III — experienced5$165,422
Level IV — fully competent4$182,333

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Lucid USA, Inc.Sr. Engineer, System Integration Body3$163,613
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.Staff Engineer2$165,422
Brillio, LLCSenior Lead Engineer2$113,277
Illumio, Inc.Principal Engineer2$201,053
Sandisk Technologies, Inc.Principal Engineer, Firmware Verification Engineering2$173,584
Comcast Cable Communications, LLCEngineer 4, Software Quality Assurance1$132,912
INFOSTRETCH CORPORATIONLead Engineer1$134,430
Samsung Research America, Inc.Staff Engineer, Software QA1$201,053
ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.Engineer II1$163,700
Beachbody, LLCLead Engineer, Quality Assurance1$146,082

Recent sample filings

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

  • Engineer 4, Software Quality Assurance at Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    $132,912
    IrvineDecided Dec 10, 2025I-200-25337-455184
  • Lead Engineer at INFOSTRETCH CORPORATION
    $134,430
    Elk GroveDecided Dec 10, 2025I-200-25337-454713
  • Staff Engineer, Software QA at Samsung Research America, Inc.
    $201,053
    Mountain ViewDecided Dec 3, 2025I-200-25329-438620
  • Staff Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
    $165,422
    San JoseDecided Dec 2, 2025I-200-25329-434944
  • Engineer II at ICE MORTGAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    $163,700
    PleasantonDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25309-376864
  • Lead Engineer, Quality Assurance at Beachbody, LLC
    $146,082
    El SegundoDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25307-366261
  • SENIOR ENGINEER at TARANA WIRELESS, INC
    $165,422
    MILPITASDecided Nov 7, 2025I-200-25305-354326
  • Principal Engineer I at Western Alliance Bank
    $161,968
    San JoseDecided Nov 6, 2025I-200-25272-343340

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.