2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Infostretch

Offered base salaries from 103 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 12 metro areas.

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

Half of Infostretch's certified filings offered $112,965 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $97,594 and $127,878. 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$122,699$83k – $190k58
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$101,000$84k – $123k12
Computer Occupations, All Other$135,000$98k – $154k10
Operations Research Analysts$66,789$60k – $67k9
Database Architects$135,907$126k – $200k4
Management Analysts$79,789$67k – $91k3
Computer Systems Analysts$90,000$90k – $90k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$106,000$67k – $152k23
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$123,656$95k – $190k13
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$112,500$98k – $134k9
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$66,789$60k – $67k9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$97,100$90k – $121k6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$122,699$101k – $134k5
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$101,000$84k – $110k4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$120,000$113k – $140k3
Columbus, OH$102,627$103k – $139k3
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$140,000$117k – $154k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Dallas$106,00018−20.5%
Software Developers — New York$123,65610−25.9%
Operations Research Analysts — Salt Lake City$66,7899−22.2%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — Charlotte$98,3845+20.0%
Sources

How this page was made

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