2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Fortinet

Offered base salaries from 125 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 6 metro areas.

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

Half of Fortinet's certified filings offered $152,831 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $133,432 and $187,741. 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$165,000$107k – $305k60
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$125,000$80k – $165k23
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$150,000$124k – $235k17
Sales Engineers$166,899$94k – $200k7
Computer and Information Systems Managers$193,969$170k – $255k5
Web and Digital Interface Designers$195,710$155k – $197k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$163,010$115k – $305k90
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$102,003$80k – $125k9
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$138,902$138k – $190k5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$106,558$83k – $190k3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$150,758$145k – $170k3
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$125,000$123k – $150k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Jose$172,93149−18.9%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose$150,00017−9.9%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators — San Jose$139,4439+4.6%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators — Dallas$110,0008+6.5%
Sources

How this page was made

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