2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Kforce

Offered base salaries from 589 certified H-1B filings, across 11 roles in 37 metro areas.

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

Half of Kforce's certified filings offered $117,832 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $105,997 and $130,707. 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$125,445$93k – $188k405
Operations Research Analysts$98,280$63k – $132k70
Data Scientists$118,414$69k – $174k44
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$102,565$87k – $111k13
Web and Digital Interface Designers$87,734$63k – $126k10
Computer Network Architects$113,714$108k – $138k9
Database Architects$122,949$90k – $143k8
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$86,965$83k – $99k5
Mechanical Engineers$114,192$86k – $132k5
Computer and Information Systems Managers$139,152$130k – $200k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$117,832$82k – $152k110
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$109,283$85k – $139k55
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$124,176$72k – $188k27
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$112,986$88k – $136k26
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$123,656$91k – $161k24
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$112,070$66k – $137k22
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$114,754$84k – $129k21
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$118,414$67k – $164k19
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$116,771$56k – $152k19
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$112,070$102k – $153k18
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Dallas$127,87889−4.1%
Software Developers — Atlanta$109,28349−17.8%
Software Developers — Charlotte$112,98621−16.9%
Software Developers — Providence$125,02918−4.3%
Software Developers — San Antonio$120,82716−5.9%
Software Developers — New York$131,99715−20.9%
Software Developers — Manchester$122,97014−24.1%
Software Developers — Houston$105,22713−18.7%
Software Developers — Boston$131,08212−21.1%
Software Developers — Portland$112,07012−28.2%
Sources

How this page was made

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