2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

PWC US Tax

Offered base salaries from 113 certified H-1B filings, across 5 roles in 13 metro areas.

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

Half of PWC US Tax's certified filings offered $155,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $116,000 and $182,000. 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
Accountants and Auditors$150,000$77k – $400k75
Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,000$146k – $228k13
Software Developers$146,000$86k – $176k11
Operations Research Analysts$143,000$93k – $158k4
Financial and Investment Analysts$189,000$159k – $217k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$177,000$85k – $400k31
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$142,000$86k – $169k11
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$189,000$103k – $231k10
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$165,000$85k – $182k9
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$135,000$110k – $164k8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$110,000$82k – $217k8
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$166,000$154k – $228k5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$111,000$103k – $149k5
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$173,000$93k – $202k4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$212,000$127k – $236k4
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Accountants and Auditors — New York$181,00025+71.3%
Accountants and Auditors — Boston$135,0008+34.8%
Accountants and Auditors — Los Angeles$108,0007+14.5%
Accountants and Auditors — Washington$161,0007+57.6%
Accountants and Auditors — San Jose$165,0006+35.6%
Software Developers — Dallas$131,0006−1.7%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — Albany$166,0005+4.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
113 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 PWC US Tax'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.