Meta Platforms
Offered base salaries from 4,653 certified H-1B filings, across 41 roles in 22 metro areas.
Half of Meta Platforms's certified filings offered $204,000 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $180,000 and $227,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $208,000 | $124k – $480k | 2492 |
| Data Scientists | $193,000 | $120k – $296k | 448 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | $182,000 | $158k – $328k | 398 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $208,422 | $103k – $309k | 246 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $266,000 | $160k – $352k | 183 |
| Database Architects | $203,000 | $132k – $254k | 102 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $190,000 | $91k – $286k | 92 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $204,000 | $115k – $281k | 76 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $193,000 | $113k – $320k | 73 |
| Industrial Engineers | $185,644 | $133k – $259k | 47 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $209,720 | $97k – $480k | 2375 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $203,350 | $91k – $357k | 1043 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $208,000 | $95k – $349k | 570 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $214,471 | $122k – $365k | 321 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $183,000 | $103k – $296k | 123 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $199,234 | $112k – $294k | 31 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $203,350 | $137k – $302k | 28 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $205,684 | $141k – $346k | 27 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $201,188 | $129k – $267k | 26 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $160,524 | $124k – $240k | 13 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Meta Platforms's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers — San Francisco | $214,032 | 1260 | +14.7% |
| Software Developers — Seattle | $203,350 | 679 | +21.6% |
| Software Developers — New York | $214,032 | 307 | +28.3% |
| Data Scientists — San Francisco | $199,234 | 246 | +17.1% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists — San Francisco | $182,000 | 211 | +6.2% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco | $196,000 | 148 | +21.2% |
| Software Developers — San Jose | $224,925 | 121 | +5.5% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco | $275,000 | 96 | +18.1% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists — Seattle | $180,000 | 82 | −14.8% |
| Data Scientists — New York | $193,000 | 72 | +41.9% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 4,653 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 Meta Platforms'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.