2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Shoolin

Offered base salaries from 51 certified H-1B filings, across 8 roles in 7 metro areas.

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

Half of Shoolin's certified filings offered $98,030 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $89,440 and $114,379. 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$110,635$88k – $131k15
Mechanical Engineers$84,531$71k – $114k8
Database Architects$114,379$92k – $114k5
Management Analysts$89,440$83k – $104k4
Data Scientists$99,029$79k – $117k4
Computer Systems Analysts$98,030$98k – $104k3
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$90,563$83k – $114k3
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$96,512$82k – $101k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$104,832$90k – $130k6
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$104,000$85k – $131k4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$114,379$110k – $114k4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$85,301$71k – $99k4
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$98,030$84k – $98k3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$99,840$97k – $101k3
Kennewick-Richland, WA$104,000$83k – $114k3
Sources

How this page was made

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