Best Buy
Offered base salaries from 113 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 3 metro areas.
Half of Best Buy's certified filings offered $151,709 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $133,575 and $166,699. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $140,190 | $123k – $185k | 52 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $191,521 | $133k – $288k | 18 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $144,256 | $134k – $161k | 11 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $154,000 | $127k – $229k | 8 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $159,954 | $120k – $171k | 7 |
| Data Scientists | $117,000 | $97k – $133k | 7 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $148,989 | $97k – $288k | 99 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $146,081 | $127k – $166k | 5 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $200,000 | $150k – $233k | 4 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Best Buy's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers — Minneapolis | $140,000 | 45 | +6.9% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — Minneapolis | $190,000 | 17 | +6.7% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Minneapolis | $144,256 | 11 | +41.2% |
| Computer Systems Analysts — Minneapolis | $162,543 | 6 | +45.0% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — Minneapolis | $144,200 | 5 | +57.2% |
| Data Scientists — Minneapolis | $117,000 | 5 | −9.8% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 113 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 Best Buy'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.