2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Stripe

Offered base salaries from 234 certified H-1B filings, across 10 roles in 6 metro areas.

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

Half of Stripe's certified filings offered $156,998 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $129,230 and $184,558. 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$163,862$111k – $226k152
Computer Occupations, All Other$167,024$90k – $186k15
Data Scientists$139,506$94k – $195k12
Architectural and Engineering Managers$220,106$192k – $254k11
Operations Research Analysts$126,090$104k – $147k7
Financial Risk Specialists$153,088$81k – $161k6
Management Analysts$131,706$104k – $135k4
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$99,424$49k – $99k4
Computer and Information Systems Managers$218,317$217k – $252k3
Lawyers$229,050$213k – $274k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$163,862$111k – $252k88
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$151,819$90k – $239k62
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$180,960$104k – $274k51
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$119,558$44k – $139k10
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$184,558$124k – $218k3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$199,534$167k – $226k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Stripe's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$163,86263−2.0%
Software Developers — New York$151,81938−9.0%
Software Developers — San Francisco$180,96036−3.0%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$167,0248+22.7%
Architectural and Engineering Managers — Seattle$214,3655+4.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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