Snap
Offered base salaries from 281 certified H-1B filings, across 5 roles in 6 metro areas.
Half of Snap's certified filings offered $164,403 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $151,549 and $190,486. 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 | $172,022 | $95k – $265k | 218 |
| Data Scientists | $150,987 | $91k – $194k | 31 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $138,486 | $90k – $181k | 8 |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | $152,734 | $108k – $197k | 6 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | $211,058 | $174k – $246k | 4 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $163,862 | $111k – $246k | 80 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $181,293 | $132k – $265k | 77 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $151,549 | $66k – $274k | 66 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $151,819 | $80k – $190k | 33 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $180,960 | $91k – $226k | 17 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $172,022 | $152k – $181k | 4 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Snap'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 — Seattle | $163,862 | 74 | −2.0% |
| Software Developers — San Jose | $199,534 | 59 | −6.4% |
| Software Developers — Los Angeles | $151,549 | 42 | −5.8% |
| Software Developers — New York | $151,819 | 24 | −9.0% |
| Software Developers — San Francisco | $187,574 | 12 | +0.5% |
| Data Scientists — San Jose | $163,172 | 10 | −11.8% |
| Data Scientists — Los Angeles | $130,270 | 8 | +0.4% |
| Data Scientists — New York | $141,170 | 6 | +3.8% |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators — Los Angeles | $134,742 | 5 | +8.1% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 281 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 Snap'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.