2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Tek Leaders

Offered base salaries from 76 certified H-1B filings, across 5 roles in 7 metro areas.

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

Half of Tek Leaders's certified filings offered $91,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $80,000 and $105,000. 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
Computer Programmers$86,000$63k – $127k42
Software Developers$113,000$99k – $127k16
Data Scientists$95,000$68k – $105k9
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$75,000$68k – $87k5
Computer Occupations, All Other$92,581$85k – $112k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$86,000$67k – $113k29
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$101,000$80k – $123k7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$91,000$71k – $91k6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$94,370$76k – $127k4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$85,000$84k – $93k3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$75,000$75k – $87k3
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$103,000$103k – $127k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Computer Programmers — Dallas$86,00017−15.9%
Computer Programmers — Atlanta$91,0006−10.7%
Software Developers — Dallas$106,0006−20.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
76 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 Tek Leaders'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.