2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Goldman Sachs

Offered base salaries from 810 certified H-1B filings, across 18 roles in 9 metro areas.

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

Half of Goldman Sachs's certified filings offered $116,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $83,000 and $164,000. 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
Financial and Investment Analysts$110,000$55k – $275k120
Software Developers$144,000$73k – $280k116
Financial Specialists, All Other$145,000$42k – $265k115
Accountants and Auditors$95,000$62k – $192k90
Financial Risk Specialists$88,100$64k – $260k88
Data Scientists$104,000$60k – $166k73
Financial Managers$239,000$136k – $400k35
Financial Examiners$75,600$62k – $192k31
Computer Occupations, All Other$144,000$70k – $225k24
Operations Research Analysts$71,000$64k – $172k24
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$163,000$69k – $400k274
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$119,900$42k – $300k246
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$76,800$50k – $200k233
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$113,500$76k – $210k15
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$150,000$70k – $250k15
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$111,300$72k – $146k8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$100,000$81k – $172k6
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$175,000$100k – $225k4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$167,000$110k – $215k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Dallas$140,00060+5.0%
Financial Specialists, All Other — New York$180,00053+64.3%
Financial and Investment Analysts — New York$165,00052+28.0%
Financial Risk Specialists — Salt Lake City$76,80038−5.5%
Accountants and Auditors — Dallas$95,60036+15.7%
Financial Specialists, All Other — Salt Lake City$71,40036−5.0%
Software Developers — New York$165,00035−1.1%
Accountants and Auditors — Salt Lake City$85,00032+3.5%
Financial Risk Specialists — Dallas$83,00029−20.0%
Data Scientists — New York$131,00027−3.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
810 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 Goldman Sachs'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.