2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Zscaler

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

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

Half of Zscaler's certified filings offered $175,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $155,000 and $209,810. 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$195,000$131k – $265k61
Computer Occupations, All Other$201,323$105k – $270k17
Data Scientists$160,000$125k – $220k14
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$140,000$121k – $195k10
Sales Engineers$147,826$85k – $185k6
Information Security Analysts$185,000$123k – $226k5
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$187,741$105k – $270k85
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$165,360$140k – $210k7
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$210,000$155k – $265k6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$130,000$130k – $157k5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$169,962$136k – $177k4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$185,000$150k – $185k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

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

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Jose$196,31951−7.9%
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Jose$201,32313+9.2%
Data Scientists — San Jose$155,0009−16.3%
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers — San Jose$155,2526−6.8%
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 Zscaler'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.