2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Charles Schwab

Offered base salaries from 393 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 10 metro areas.

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

Half of Charles Schwab's certified filings offered $153,477 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $140,000 and $166,920. 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$156,200$88k – $280k264
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$142,500$107k – $214k55
Computer Occupations, All Other$152,800$118k – $245k21
Data Scientists$139,300$100k – $171k14
Computer and Information Systems Managers$208,000$159k – $242k8
Financial Specialists, All Other$140,000$105k – $154k8
Database Administrators$147,712$121k – $171k6
Database Architects$155,000$137k – $165k3
Operations Research Analysts$135,300$100k – $155k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$153,820$92k – $242k173
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$155,000$88k – $280k126
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$152,800$100k – $245k33
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$152,900$133k – $197k12
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$153,089$88k – $179k11
Raleigh-Cary, NC$145,550$117k – $167k9
Ann Arbor, MI$144,439$106k – $258k8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$191,999$144k – $255k7
Omaha, NE-IA$132,250$122k – $172k5
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$140,100$116k – $190k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Dallas$155,000114+16.3%
Software Developers — Austin$156,81893+16.9%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Dallas$145,00026+40.5%
Software Developers — Denver$167,79018+21.9%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Austin$144,00018+39.7%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Austin$151,3258+16.9%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Dallas$166,3808+30.6%
Data Scientists — Dallas$140,0008+9.6%
Software Developers — Raleigh$146,4747+10.3%
Software Developers — Ann Arbor$144,4396+13.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
393 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 Charles Schwab'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.