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Distinguished Engineer: H-1B salaries

134 labor condition applications used the job title Distinguished Engineer. Median offered base salary $209,748; middle half $173,259–$267,480.

Applications (LCAs)134
Median offered salary$209,748
Middle half of salaries$173,259–$267,480
10th–90th percentile$144,735–$308,700

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Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
Capital One Services, LLC50$173,763
NVIDIA Corporation7$308,000
Cisco Systems, Inc.7$242,700
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.6$167,503
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.5$282,522
Uber Technologies, Inc.3$365,000
Extreme Networks, Inc.3$264,514
Wawa, Inc.3$211,662
Nagarro, Inc3$125,653
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.3$243,256
GoDaddy.com, LLC2$230,000
FBG Enterprises Opco, LLC2$326,412
Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO)2$300,000
Zuora, Inc.2$267,120
Rorze Automation, Inc.2$178,818
SonicWall, Inc.1$230,000
Fungible, Inc.1$240,000
Nutanix, Inc.1$376,450
Pitney Bowes Inc.1$173,675
ThoughtSpot, Inc.1$192,941
TrueCar, Inc.1$260,000
Indeed, Inc.1$196,000
Siemens Industry Software Inc.1$194,250
Snowflake Inc.1$293,000
Priceline.com LLC1$139,318
Magnite, Inc.1$270,000
AtHoc, Inc.1$198,289
CommVault Systems,Inc.1$249,000
Foursquare Labs, Inc.1$407,600
Apple Inc.1$350,000
Rubrik, Inc.1$300,000
IBM Corporation1$348,328
Ordr, Inc.1$194,875
Coinme Inc.1$230,000
SugarCRM Inc.1$210,695
ZEDEDA, Inc.1$225,000
Ruckus Wireless, Inc.1$226,158
Credo Semiconductor, Inc.1$260,000
Caremark LLC1$233,826
Offchain Labs, Inc.1$300,000
ShipBob, Inc.1$364,539
Blackhawk Network, Inc.1$194,240
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC1$190,000
Selector Software, Inc.1$226,138
Saviynt, Inc.1$213,512
WGU Corporation1$270,000
Autodesk, Inc.1$170,300
NIKE, Inc.1$285,279
ServiceNow, Inc.1$264,514

By wage level

Wage levelMedian salary
Level II (qualified)$195,615
Level III (experienced)$187,535
Level IV (fully competent)$208,800

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202327$192,941
FY202431$180,000
FY202534$239,900
FY202638$221,162

Cities

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).