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Staff Engineer in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Staff Engineer
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
107
Median offered wage
$208,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$208,500certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1326FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202226
FY202321
FY202413
FY202524
FY2026*23
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
47
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. Spotify USA, Inc.15
  2. Nagarro, Inc.6
  3. Datadog, Inc.6
  4. Shopify (USA) Inc.5
  5. FBG Enterprises Opco, LLC5
  6. Munich American Reassurance Company4
  7. Foursquare Labs, Inc.4
  8. eShares, Inc.3
  9. Grubhub Holdings, Inc.3
  10. Mongodb, Inc.3
  11. Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor, LLC3
  12. Place Exchange, Inc.3
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 $208,500; middle half $150,000 to $250,000 · median prevailing wage $157,477 (marker) · 105 applications.

$80k$130k$180k$230k$280k
$80k$130k$180k$230k$280k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I9
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III13
  4. Level IV67
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 New York City is 32.8% above 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 New York City
4.4%
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 New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Staff Engineer" ranks #134 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Staff Engineer in New York City
134
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Data Scientist1,392
  8. Senior Associate1,297
  9. Manager1,055
  10. Software Development Engineer II967
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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