2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Adobe

Offered base salaries from 480 certified H-1B filings, across 15 roles in 10 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Adobe's certified filings offered $200,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $175,728 and $225,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$200,000$105k – $298k263
Data Scientists$187,000$125k – $270k79
Computer and Information Systems Managers$241,000$127k – $375k38
Information Security Analysts$192,000$139k – $235k14
Marketing Managers$220,000$170k – $299k11
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$210,000$152k – $280k10
Computer and Information Research Scientists$200,000$144k – $255k9
Operations Research Analysts$190,000$140k – $210k8
Graphic Designers$177,000$125k – $258k7
Financial and Investment Analysts$145,000$140k – $200k6
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$206,000$90k – $375k298
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$210,000$125k – $299k50
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$200,000$105k – $275k39
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$187,000$152k – $222k24
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$165,000$96k – $226k16
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$160,000$125k – $208k16
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$187,000$120k – $210k10
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$171,000$159k – $187k5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$202,000$174k – $202k5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$187,000$155k – $233k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Adobe's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Jose$208,000185−2.4%
Data Scientists — San Jose$196,00044+5.9%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Jose$262,00020−10.2%
Software Developers — Seattle$210,00018+25.5%
Software Developers — San Francisco$216,00016+15.7%
Software Developers — Austin$168,69812+25.8%
Data Scientists — San Francisco$167,83211−1.3%
Information Security Analysts — San Jose$198,0009+12.4%
Software Developers — Provo$162,0008+23.5%
Software Developers — Boston$199,0007+19.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
480 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Adobe's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.