Snowflake
Offered base salaries from 280 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 8 metro areas.
Half of Snowflake's certified filings offered $180,960 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $154,731 and $197,995. 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 | $190,486 | $135k – $297k | 152 |
| Sales Engineers | $166,899 | $132k – $232k | 35 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $144,310 | $106k – $217k | 32 |
| Data Scientists | $150,987 | $128k – $212k | 11 |
| Database Administrators | $133,869 | $97k – $152k | 10 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $222,000 | $200k – $274k | 8 |
| Information Security Analysts | $180,274 | $157k – $185k | 5 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $119,662 | $118k – $155k | 3 |
| Computer Network Support Specialists | $107,000 | $98k – $127k | 3 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $184,579 | $97k – $297k | 127 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $190,486 | $117k – $252k | 96 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $138,000 | $111k – $171k | 14 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $130,562 | $98k – $156k | 10 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $171,995 | $120k – $178k | 7 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $158,974 | $141k – $185k | 7 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $155,625 | $152k – $168k | 4 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $152,000 | $152k – $162k | 3 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Snowflake'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 | $190,486 | 75 | +13.9% |
| Software Developers — San Francisco | $195,000 | 71 | +4.5% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco | $157,000 | 12 | −2.9% |
| Data Scientists — San Francisco | $163,000 | 9 | −4.2% |
| Sales Engineers — San Francisco | $161,470 | 8 | +6.5% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle | $195,000 | 6 | +43.3% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco | $222,000 | 5 | −4.7% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — Dallas | $138,000 | 5 | +8.4% |
| Sales Engineers — Austin | $171,995 | 5 | +24.7% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 280 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 Snowflake'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.