2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Qualys

Offered base salaries from 42 certified H-1B filings, across 5 roles in 2 metro areas.

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

Half of Qualys's certified filings offered $130,250 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $104,728 and $152,256. 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$130,250$92k – $164k13
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$68,474$68k – $105k7
Computer and Information Systems Managers$178,506$164k – $210k6
Database Administrators$130,000$124k – $152k5
Computer Network Architects$140,816$138k – $148k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$135,699$87k – $210k27
Raleigh-Cary, NC$92,602$68k – $159k11
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Francisco$135,69910−27.3%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco$178,5066−23.4%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators — Raleigh$68,4745−33.8%
Sources

How this page was made

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