What does this company actually pay?

Every H-1B employer files the salary it offers with the Department of Labor. We turn those filings into pay ranges by company, job title, city and level.

Popular: Microsoft Software Engineer · Meta Software Engineer · Apple Software Engineer · Amazon Data Scientist

Median H-1B salary$122,699all certified filings, FY2025–FY2026
Certified filings931,595FY2025–FY2026
Employers with a page10,429365 jobs · 720 metro areas
Data throughFY2026 Q3Data refresh

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Pick a job and enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with certified H-1B filings for that job nationwide.

10th $100k25th $112.9kmedian $139.2k75th $172.2k90th $204.9k

Enter a salary to see where it falls.

Percentiles from certified H-1B filings, base salary only. For one employer or city, open its page.

Amazon · Software Engineer $159,600 median · 21,188 filings Google · Software Engineer $186,000 median · 10,913 filings Software Engineer · Dallas, TX $114,420 median · 35,788 filings

Employers that file the most

Amazon logoAmazon$155,000 Cognizant logoCognizant$109,886 Google logoGoogle$186,000 EY logoEY$147,396 Microsoft logoMicrosoft$172,759 Apple logoApple$174,304 Meta logoMeta$208,000 Deloitte logoDeloitte$127,500 Tata Consultancy Services logoTata Consultancy Services$87,589 Infosys logoInfosys$92,581

The 10 employers with the most certified H-1B filings, FY2025–FY2026. Bar and figure: median base salary. All employers

Most filed jobs

Software Engineer289,690 filings · 31%$139,194 Data Scientist58,256 filings · 6%$123,531 QA Engineer31,444 filings · 3%$105,602 Programmer Analyst23,865 filings · 3%$92,207 IT Manager20,864 filings · 2%$200,304 Systems Analyst20,858 filings · 2%$106,434 Industrial Engineer18,087 filings · 2%$108,706 Mechanical Engineer17,305 filings · 2%$108,000

Bar: share of all H-1B filings. Figure: median base salary. All jobs

Top cities

New York, NY$131,997103,840 filings · rent 1BR $2,729 Dallas, TX$112,92381,487 filings · rent 1BR $1,536 · no state income tax San Jose, CA$178,70577,460 filings · rent 1BR $2,778 Seattle, WA$160,51459,018 filings · rent 1BR $2,180 · no state income tax San Francisco, CA$170,00051,155 filings · rent 1BR $2,290 Chicago, IL$108,78032,938 filings · rent 1BR $1,780

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027. All cities

Salaries by experience level

Each filing carries a Department of Labor wage level. It is the closest thing to “entry level” vs “senior” in public pay data.

Level IEntry levelNew graduates, basic understanding of the role
Level IIQualifiedSome experience, moderately complex tasks
Level IIIExperiencedFull command of the job, independent judgment
Level IVFully competentSenior, lead and supervisory roles

Where the numbers come from

Before hiring on an H-1B visa, an employer must file a Labor Condition Application stating the job, worksite and salary. The Department of Labor publishes these filings every quarter. We include certified filings only and convert hourly or weekly pay to a yearly salary.

Read our methodology

What these numbers are not

Base salary only: no bonus or stock. A filing is not a visa approval, and one filing can cover several workers. Every page shows the fiscal years it is based on.