2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Snowflake

Offered base salaries from 280 certified H-1B filings, across 9 roles in 8 metro areas.

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

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.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$190,486$135k – $297k152
Sales Engineers$166,899$132k – $232k35
Computer Occupations, All Other$144,310$106k – $217k32
Data Scientists$150,987$128k – $212k11
Database Administrators$133,869$97k – $152k10
Computer and Information Systems Managers$222,000$200k – $274k8
Information Security Analysts$180,274$157k – $185k5
Accountants and Auditors$119,662$118k – $155k3
Computer Network Support Specialists$107,000$98k – $127k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$184,579$97k – $297k127
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$190,486$117k – $252k96
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$138,000$111k – $171k14
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$130,562$98k – $156k10
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$171,995$120k – $178k7
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$158,974$141k – $185k7
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$155,625$152k – $168k4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$152,000$152k – $162k3
Table 4 — Against the market

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 — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$190,48675+13.9%
Software Developers — San Francisco$195,00071+4.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco$157,00012−2.9%
Data Scientists — San Francisco$163,0009−4.2%
Sales Engineers — San Francisco$161,4708+6.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$195,0006+43.3%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco$222,0005−4.7%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Dallas$138,0005+8.4%
Sales Engineers — Austin$171,9955+24.7%
Sources

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.