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Staff Engineer in Austin, TX

Job title · Austin, Texas

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
Austin, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
208
Median offered wage
$154,565
Most common occupation
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$154,565certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Staff Engineer" and a worksite in Austin.

Applications by fiscal year

2958FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2958FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202236
FY202347
FY202424
FY202558
FY2026*43
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
27
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.79
  2. Arm, Inc.78
  3. MediaTek USA Inc.12
  4. Tenstorrent USA Inc.6
  5. Vmware, Inc.6
  6. Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.2
  7. Vision Building Energy Efficiency, LLC2
  8. American Structurepoint, Inc.2
  9. Terracon Consultants, Inc.2
  10. Surveying and Mapping LLC2
  11. The Transtec Group, Inc.1
  12. H-e-b, LP1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $154,565; middle half $147,953 to $164,528 · median prevailing wage $151,216 (marker) · 207 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II16
  3. Level III28
  4. Level IV155
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Staff Engineer" appears on 2,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 608 employers for worksites in 403 cities; the median offered wage is $157,000, so the median in Austin is 1.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,456
Employers nationwide
608
Cities with filings
403
National median offered wage
$157,000
Share of national filings in Austin
8.5%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA350
  2. Austin, TX208
  3. Palo Alto, CA119
  4. New York City, NY107
  5. San Diego, CA97
  6. Santa Clara, CA72
  7. San Francisco, CA72
  8. Houston, TX59
  9. Sunnyvale, CA54
  10. Seattle, WA37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Austin job market

Austin has 64,412 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 13,288 job titles and 6,594 employers; "Staff Engineer" ranks #28 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Austin, all job titles
64,412
Job titles filed
13,288
Rank of Staff Engineer in Austin
28
Median offered wage in Austin, all job titles
$122,906
National median wage, Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (all job titles)
$135,150
Other job titles in Austin
  1. Software Engineer2,870
  2. Software Developer2,341
  3. Software Development Engineer II871
  4. Senior Software Engineer858
  5. Component Design Engineer663
  6. Software Development Engineer I622
  7. Architect574
  8. Software Development Engineer524
  9. Data Engineer500
  10. Software Dev Engineer II367
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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