2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Chewy

Offered base salaries from 194 certified H-1B filings, across 11 roles in 5 metro areas.

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

Half of Chewy's certified filings offered $153,450 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $135,408 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$156,500$110k – $223k77
Data Scientists$144,800$85k – $227k60
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$139,000$96k – $227k11
Computer and Information Systems Managers$200,000$164k – $267k9
Computer Occupations, All Other$144,700$110k – $186k7
Database Architects$173,555$136k – $183k6
Logisticians$103,100$72k – $172k5
Operations Research Analysts$190,090$161k – $217k5
Computer and Information Research Scientists$165,500$136k – $166k4
Financial Specialists, All Other$100,391$85k – $108k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$163,000$85k – $305k70
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$145,000$105k – $231k61
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$141,192$72k – $196k32
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$152,100$108k – $190k12
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$152,000$122k – $176k10
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Boston$143,50033−13.6%
Data Scientists — Seattle$151,30029−8.2%
Software Developers — Seattle$161,81323−3.3%
Data Scientists — Boston$141,79517+7.4%
Software Developers — Miami$148,52611+12.0%
Software Developers — Minneapolis$156,0008+19.2%
Logisticians — Miami$103,1005+48.4%
Database Architects — Boston$160,0005−1.0%
Data Scientists — Dallas$135,0005+5.7%
Data Scientists — Miami$135,4085+6.2%
Sources

How this page was made

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