2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Archer Daniels Midland

Offered base salaries from 102 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 3 metro areas.

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

Half of Archer Daniels Midland's certified filings offered $114,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $85,000 and $140,000. 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$140,000$78k – $185k34
Data Scientists$85,000$65k – $220k16
Food Scientists and Technologists$85,000$66k – $160k11
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$120,000$105k – $120k5
Engineers, All Other$96,000$85k – $100k4
Chemists$95,000$66k – $100k4
Database Architects$145,000$135k – $165k3
Chemical Engineers$100,000$85k – $106k3
Industrial Engineers$110,000$97k – $125k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$130,000$65k – $220k59
Decatur, IL$100,000$66k – $160k26
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$85,000$66k – $90k4
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
102 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 Archer Daniels Midland'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.