2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Altimetrik

Offered base salaries from 67 certified H-1B filings, across 3 roles in 7 metro areas.

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

Half of Altimetrik's certified filings offered $123,656 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $108,826 and $132,267. 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$123,656$90k – $173k55
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$105,602$86k – $125k5
Computer and Information Systems Managers$146,453$111k – $164k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$123,656$124k – $152k13
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$114,754$86k – $148k12
St. Louis, MO-IL$108,826$90k – $112k9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$111,155$102k – $148k5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$126,880$127k – $127k5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$134,971$128k – $135k4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$155,605$156k – $164k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — New York$123,65611−25.9%
Software Developers — St. Louis$108,8269−15.7%
Software Developers — Austin$114,7547−14.4%
Software Developers — San Diego$126,8805−22.3%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Austin$105,6025+2.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
67 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 Altimetrik'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.