Paypal
Offered base salaries from 787 certified H-1B filings, across 14 roles in 13 metro areas.
Half of Paypal's certified filings offered $170,000 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $145,000 and $200,000. 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 | $168,597 | $82k – $310k | 497 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $217,000 | $147k – $320k | 83 |
| Data Scientists | $170,000 | $86k – $250k | 83 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $154,726 | $99k – $240k | 36 |
| Project Management Specialists | $175,000 | $101k – $260k | 24 |
| Financial Managers | $192,000 | $152k – $291k | 10 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $142,000 | $97k – $210k | 7 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $140,000 | $85k – $191k | 6 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $120,000 | $71k – $175k | 5 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $131,552 | $113k – $174k | 5 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $187,000 | $115k – $320k | 482 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $150,000 | $99k – $238k | 91 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $180,000 | $103k – $280k | 68 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $125,000 | $99k – $198k | 50 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $145,000 | $95k – $195k | 38 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $94,990 | $65k – $182k | 12 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $150,947 | $126k – $246k | 11 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $168,597 | $160k – $201k | 6 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $145,000 | $128k – $197k | 6 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $165,000 | $161k – $170k | 5 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Paypal'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 Jose | $179,008 | 334 | −16.0% |
| Software Developers — Austin | $149,000 | 68 | +11.1% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Jose | $230,000 | 50 | −21.1% |
| Data Scientists — San Jose | $189,817 | 47 | +2.6% |
| Software Developers — Phoenix | $122,337 | 34 | −7.1% |
| Software Developers — New York | $177,029 | 22 | +6.1% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — New York | $211,500 | 16 | −1.8% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose | $187,000 | 16 | +1.4% |
| Data Scientists — Chicago | $150,000 | 15 | +39.4% |
| Project Management Specialists — San Jose | $215,000 | 12 | +59.1% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 787 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 Paypal'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.