2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Wal-mart Associates

Offered base salaries from 2,487 certified H-1B filings, across 16 roles in 15 metro areas.

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

Half of Wal-mart Associates's certified filings offered $148,361 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $123,956 and $157,527. 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$142,000$86k – $258k1602
Data Scientists$152,148$96k – $241k543
Computer Occupations, All Other$166,962$90k – $243k145
Computer and Information Systems Managers$205,156$110k – $322k39
Industrial Engineers$142,729$91k – $314k36
Information Security Analysts$143,189$108k – $204k20
Web and Digital Interface Designers$148,845$119k – $184k17
Logisticians$119,600$104k – $289k14
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$143,000$104k – $197k13
Statisticians$167,107$117k – $217k11
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$132,870$86k – $314k1001
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$153,301$114k – $254k827
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$150,405$104k – $223k194
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$171,899$90k – $258k117
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$178,879$114k – $255k92
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$146,171$98k – $322k76
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$148,363$118k – $234k54
Stockton-Lodi, CA$153,301$117k – $185k40
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$135,000$77k – $180k20
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$160,000$108k – $186k8
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Fayetteville$130,000739+23.7%
Software Developers — San Jose$153,301547−28.1%
Data Scientists — San Jose$152,148195−17.8%
Data Scientists — Fayetteville$140,000137+11.5%
Data Scientists — San Francisco$143,000106−15.9%
Software Developers — Seattle$176,75062+5.7%
Software Developers — New York$171,89961+3.0%
Software Developers — Dallas$145,00051+8.8%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose$166,96249−9.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Fayetteville$155,00047+139.1%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
2,487 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 Wal-mart Associates'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.