2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Mastercard Technologies

Offered base salaries from 409 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 9 metro areas.

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

Half of Mastercard Technologies's certified filings offered $115,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $113,526 and $138,000. 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$115,000$72k – $1380k361
Computer Occupations, All Other$119,000$94k – $190k11
Database Administrators$108,000$94k – $138k10
Data Scientists$148,000$82k – $194k8
Computer and Information Systems Managers$196,040$152k – $261k7
Information Security Analysts$138,000$112k – $165k5
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$96,616$94k – $115k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
St. Louis, MO-IL$115,000$72k – $1380k322
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$166,000$124k – $261k18
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$159,000$108k – $196k13
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$127,878$106k – $218k12
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$180,960$156k – $206k6
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$115,000$105k – $138k5
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$165,000$119k – $165k4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$165,000$128k – $165k4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$115,000$115k – $115k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — St. Louis$115,000296−10.9%
Software Developers — New York$151,81914−9.0%
Software Developers — Dallas$115,0009−13.7%
Software Developers — Washington$159,0008+2.6%
Database Administrators — St. Louis$94,0007−10.2%
Software Developers — San Francisco$180,9606−3.0%
Computer Occupations, All Other — St. Louis$112,0006+3.3%
Sources

How this page was made

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