2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

KPMG

Offered base salaries from 317 certified H-1B filings, across 12 roles in 20 metro areas.

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

Half of KPMG's certified filings offered $140,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $104,400 and $178,000. 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
Accountants and Auditors$108,700$55k – $250k141
Software Developers$165,500$90k – $261k40
Computer and Information Systems Managers$212,000$132k – $656k30
Financial and Investment Analysts$146,141$110k – $240k24
Computer Occupations, All Other$195,000$136k – $229k12
Financial Managers$377,400$227k – $656k10
Management Analysts$230,000$104k – $270k10
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$140,000$90k – $173k9
Information Security Analysts$141,000$84k – $186k8
Data Scientists$113,600$77k – $160k7
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$146,141$80k – $500k68
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$146,037$81k – $656k33
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$104,700$55k – $280k30
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$156,000$80k – $1172k26
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$100,500$78k – $223k23
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$140,000$76k – $500k18
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$157,000$85k – $377k16
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$131,500$83k – $475k14
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$166,000$104k – $252k11
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$139,200$94k – $275k10
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Sources

How this page was made

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