2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

F5

Offered base salaries from 116 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 7 metro areas.

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

Half of F5's certified filings offered $172,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $136,119 and $199,534. 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$170,000$109k – $285k56
Computer Occupations, All Other$220,000$109k – $278k12
Computer and Information Systems Managers$238,791$177k – $325k9
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$147,290$126k – $221k9
Information Security Analysts$145,360$109k – $190k7
Data Scientists$140,270$118k – $181k4
Sales Engineers$244,024$172k – $252k4
Accountants and Auditors$110,000$86k – $130k3
Computer Network Architects$137,328$134k – $163k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$142,066$76k – $240k46
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$201,096$143k – $325k32
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$137,328$110k – $181k10
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$191,906$130k – $220k4
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$195,000$127k – $195k4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$162,019$147k – $225k3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$205,000$145k – $205k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares F5's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$150,15026−10.2%
Software Developers — San Jose$199,53412−6.4%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Jose$261,3987−10.4%
Software Developers — Dallas$120,0005−10.0%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose$184,0845+10.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose$222,0005+20.4%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
116 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 F5'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.