2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Databricks

Offered base salaries from 296 certified H-1B filings, across 8 roles in 8 metro areas.

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

Half of Databricks's certified filings offered $163,862 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $140,000 and $182,208. 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$172,931$107k – $325k128
Computer Occupations, All Other$140,000$108k – $181k104
Sales Engineers$144,851$110k – $182k20
Computer and Information Systems Managers$216,590$140k – $255k18
Information Security Analysts$202,134$138k – $202k4
Computer and Information Research Scientists$223,579$192k – $246k4
Data Scientists$180,128$149k – $184k4
Operations Research Analysts$132,101$126k – $149k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$166,962$109k – $255k91
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$166,962$110k – $265k89
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$149,240$108k – $246k43
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$149,781$129k – $209k29
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$179,982$127k – $325k18
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$134,576$107k – $171k7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$148,845$128k – $150k3
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$147,846$124k – $155k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose$140,00047−24.1%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco$150,00045−7.2%
Software Developers — San Jose$199,53436−6.4%
Software Developers — San Francisco$199,53427+6.9%
Software Developers — Seattle$163,86225−2.0%
Software Developers — Dallas$149,78116+12.4%
Software Developers — New York$179,9827+7.9%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$133,0006−2.3%
Sales Engineers — Dallas$153,1716+14.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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