2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Intel

Offered base salaries from 1,166 certified H-1B filings, across 14 roles in 16 metro areas.

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

Half of Intel's certified filings offered $133,432 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $120,400 and $155,792. 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
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$133,050$99k – $223k405
Software Developers$142,620$101k – $226k328
Materials Engineers$130,291$90k – $171k211
Architectural and Engineering Managers$176,176$121k – $278k59
Computer Hardware Engineers$163,778$100k – $216k36
Computer Occupations, All Other$134,900$80k – $201k29
Industrial Engineers$108,971$93k – $140k24
Statisticians$117,590$94k – $167k23
Computer and Information Research Scientists$170,950$108k – $225k15
Computer and Information Systems Managers$198,411$139k – $294k10
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$130,291$89k – $209k398
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$163,778$109k – $294k255
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$124,051$80k – $233k144
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$139,710$106k – $215k126
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$133,050$101k – $226k94
Albuquerque, NM$110,219$90k – $176k39
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$137,259$115k – $187k23
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$118,144$101k – $162k17
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$165,069$115k – $198k12
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$152,920$105k – $187k8
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Materials Engineers — Portland$130,291151+1.6%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — San Jose$151,433118−22.1%
Software Developers — Portland$137,730103−11.7%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Portland$117,59080−9.1%
Software Developers — San Jose$173,19979−18.7%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Sacramento$139,71064−1.9%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Austin$131,35259−19.4%
Software Developers — Phoenix$128,87752−2.2%
Software Developers — Sacramento$146,24539+4.7%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer — Phoenix$123,49039−4.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
1,166 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 Intel'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.