2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Standard Poor's Financial Services

Offered base salaries from 31 certified H-1B filings, across 3 roles in 5 metro areas.

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

Half of Standard Poor's Financial Services's certified filings offered $145,175 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $125,427 and $170,000. 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$146,885$110k – $191k17
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$111,395$105k – $120k3
Data Scientists$185,000$150k – $191k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$145,175$105k – $191k12
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$155,000$120k – $179k6
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$123,600$124k – $191k3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$127,300$110k – $142k3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$170,000$156k – $180k3
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
31 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 Standard Poor's Financial Services'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.