2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Iqvia

Offered base salaries from 114 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 8 metro areas.

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

Half of Iqvia's certified filings offered $138,868 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $119,700 and $162,000. 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
Operations Research Analysts$125,000$85k – $259k42
Software Developers$138,277$73k – $209k30
Management Analysts$157,244$130k – $222k11
Computer Occupations, All Other$143,371$88k – $173k7
Database Architects$154,682$131k – $175k4
Project Management Specialists$163,938$151k – $199k3
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$129,503$124k – $197k3
Computer and Information Research Scientists$133,345$101k – $165k3
Data Scientists$116,217$98k – $146k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$138,570$85k – $191k28
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$143,371$88k – $222k23
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$130,000$97k – $209k11
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$164,127$103k – $259k11
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$145,000$116k – $165k6
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$149,966$110k – $150k4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$114,512$110k – $123k3
Raleigh-Cary, NC$164,940$155k – $203k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Philadelphia$138,86811+4.4%
Operations Research Analysts — New York$125,0009+21.2%
Operations Research Analysts — San Francisco$164,1279+48.5%
Operations Research Analysts — Philadelphia$117,3248+16.8%
Operations Research Analysts — Boston$146,9757+46.0%
Software Developers — Phoenix$145,0006+10.1%
Sources

How this page was made

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