Salesforce
Offered base salaries from 1,298 certified H-1B filings, across 20 roles in 28 metro areas.
Half of Salesforce's certified filings offered $202,878 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $172,012 and $236,900. 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 | $209,550 | $109k – $430k | 749 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $191,668 | $92k – $356k | 158 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $160,000 | $93k – $315k | 123 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $255,969 | $171k – $420k | 90 |
| Sales Engineers | $174,308 | $112k – $323k | 36 |
| Database Architects | $220,000 | $143k – $328k | 28 |
| Data Scientists | $199,395 | $93k – $240k | 24 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | $247,216 | $187k – $340k | 14 |
| Information Security Analysts | $214,863 | $165k – $315k | 11 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $163,824 | $102k – $212k | 8 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $225,000 | $103k – $430k | 507 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $205,000 | $92k – $400k | 244 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $172,624 | $90k – $299k | 87 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $225,000 | $149k – $420k | 71 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $201,580 | $132k – $302k | 62 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $163,000 | $97k – $247k | 53 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $157,532 | $85k – $232k | 46 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $202,878 | $112k – $347k | 35 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $175,017 | $119k – $263k | 28 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $182,324 | $125k – $241k | 25 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Salesforce'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 | $225,000 | 332 | +20.6% |
| Software Developers — Seattle | $206,788 | 170 | +23.6% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco | $270,000 | 43 | +15.9% |
| Software Developers — Dallas | $173,659 | 43 | +30.3% |
| Software Developers — San Jose | $230,000 | 39 | +7.9% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Francisco | $163,000 | 39 | +21.1% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco | $233,486 | 34 | +44.4% |
| Software Developers — New York | $218,585 | 27 | +31.0% |
| Software Developers — Boston | $207,701 | 24 | +25.1% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle | $191,475 | 23 | +40.7% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 1,298 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 Salesforce'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.