2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

ZS Associates

Offered base salaries from 192 certified H-1B filings, across 6 roles in 11 metro areas.

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

Half of ZS Associates's certified filings offered $173,200 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $150,000 and $218,500. 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 Occupations, All Other$166,500$106k – $285k88
Operations Research Analysts$194,000$119k – $340k72
Software Developers$162,000$87k – $191k8
Management Analysts$186,300$130k – $275k7
Computer and Information Systems Managers$275,000$250k – $340k5
Data Scientists$138,000$126k – $178k5
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$180,000$87k – $269k46
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$194,000$118k – $285k31
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$188,800$111k – $340k28
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$162,000$120k – $249k23
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$176,600$121k – $239k19
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$168,800$122k – $340k16
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$168,000$106k – $251k13
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$173,200$166k – $272k5
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$186,300$163k – $203k4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$170,000$129k – $237k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Computer Occupations, All Other — Chicago$170,00025+67.2%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Trenton$172,50014+51.3%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco$166,70013+3.1%
Operations Research Analysts — Seattle$161,60013+57.0%
Operations Research Analysts — San Francisco$201,80012+82.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Boston$164,6009+35.8%
Operations Research Analysts — Boston$183,9009+82.6%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Oxnard$176,1008+65.7%
Operations Research Analysts — Chicago$222,0008+156.6%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Seattle$166,5007+22.3%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
192 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 ZS 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.