2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Zillow

Offered base salaries from 120 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 7 metro areas.

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

Half of Zillow's certified filings offered $173,400 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $139,298 and $190,486. 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$185,881$124k – $233k66
Data Scientists$142,775$84k – $197k22
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,940$152k – $286k8
Accountants and Auditors$101,899$102k – $118k3
Web and Digital Interface Designers$159,432$149k – $177k3
Computer Occupations, All Other$165,610$139k – $167k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$173,900$63k – $244k75
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$196,914$181k – $286k10
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$163,862$137k – $196k6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$167,024$124k – $185k6
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$199,534$149k – $270k6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$130,250$89k – $201k5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$140,109$84k – $193k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — Seattle$182,60443+9.2%
Data Scientists — Seattle$139,05017−15.6%
Software Developers — San Francisco$192,9378+3.4%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — Seattle$212,5005−1.0%
Sources

How this page was made

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