2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Akamai Technologies

Offered base salaries from 146 certified H-1B filings, across 8 roles in 10 metro areas.

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

Half of Akamai Technologies's certified filings offered $152,631 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $128,144 and $175,000. 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$160,000$96k – $253k74
Computer Network Architects$146,719$109k – $212k27
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$140,569$74k – $155k11
Computer and Information Systems Managers$207,977$147k – $272k10
Information Security Analysts$125,158$96k – $132k6
Data Scientists$144,949$98k – $178k6
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$119,457$111k – $148k5
Computer Occupations, All Other$119,319$88k – $147k5
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$148,335$74k – $250k52
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$149,240$100k – $175k12
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$202,416$117k – $272k11
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$160,670$116k – $190k10
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$172,499$117k – $208k9
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$155,000$96k – $191k8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$155,000$88k – $173k7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$160,000$133k – $212k6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$131,997$98k – $169k4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$154,627$135k – $156k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Boston$160,00025−3.7%
Computer Network Architects — Boston$153,4719−4.5%
Software Developers — San Jose$202,4169−5.0%
Software Developers — Dallas$160,6708+20.5%
Software Developers — Austin$155,0007+15.6%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators — Boston$148,3356+27.0%
Software Developers — San Francisco$172,4996−7.6%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
146 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 Akamai Technologies'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.