2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Offered base salaries from 102 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 12 metro areas.

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

Half of Pricewaterhousecoopers's certified filings offered $143,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $119,000 and $171,500. 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$133,994$75k – $322k59
Computer and Information Systems Managers$154,000$149k – $172k8
Software Developers$153,000$122k – $179k7
Actuaries$189,000$135k – $247k6
Operations Research Analysts$158,000$119k – $200k6
Financial and Investment Analysts$202,000$92k – $233k4
Data Scientists$163,500$130k – $198k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$153,000$86k – $259k23
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$163,500$85k – $322k12
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$101,000$80k – $218k8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$129,500$106k – $158k7
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$132,500$109k – $175k7
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$164,500$106k – $184k7
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$150,000$141k – $202k6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$149,000$134k – $172k6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$89,000$78k – $177k5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$153,000$87k – $158k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Pricewaterhousecoopers'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
102 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 Pricewaterhousecoopers'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.