2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Mastercard International

Offered base salaries from 129 certified H-1B filings, across 8 roles in 6 metro areas.

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

Half of Mastercard International's certified filings offered $138,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $115,000 and $161,000. 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
Software Developers$138,000$69k – $233k48
Management Analysts$131,706$76k – $178k28
Data Scientists$138,000$83k – $190k23
Computer and Information Systems Managers$179,088$148k – $224k9
Computer Occupations, All Other$139,298$103k – $223k8
Marketing Managers$223,000$157k – $236k3
Information Security Analysts$112,000$93k – $112k3
Industrial Engineers$124,030$119k – $137k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$143,000$76k – $236k49
St. Louis, MO-IL$115,000$69k – $200k39
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$137,000$83k – $204k13
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$150,987$137k – $190k7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$115,000$115k – $138k5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$139,000$99k – $139k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Management Analysts — New York$131,70619+5.9%
Software Developers — St. Louis$115,00017−10.9%
Software Developers — New York$151,81911−9.0%
Data Scientists — New York$143,0009+5.2%
Data Scientists — St. Louis$115,0008+15.5%
Management Analysts — St. Louis$112,0705+10.9%
Software Developers — Atlanta$115,0005−13.5%
Software Developers — Washington$132,0005−14.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
129 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 Mastercard International'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.