Offered wages
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC — H-1B salaries
Every offered wage disclosed on PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC's certified labor condition applications — 349 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.
- Median offered wage
- $185,147
- 25th percentile
- $167,604
- 75th percentile
- $207,917
- Occupations
- 22
Interpolated inside a $5,000 band, so it reads as a point in a range rather than a salary anyone was paid.
349 disclosed positions
A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.
A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.
Distinct SOC codes with at least one disclosed wage.
All disclosed wages
The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.
25th $167,604 · median $185,147 · 75th $207,917 · 349 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
By occupation
Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.
| Occupation (SOC) | Disclosed positions | 25th | Median | 75th | Prevailing wage level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-3021.00 · Computer and Information Systems Managers | 129 | $183,015 | $197,500 | $222,917 | I 26 · II 52 · III 31 · IV 20 |
| 15-2031.00 · Operations Research Analysts | 81 | $170,417 | $183,929 | $198,875 | I 7 · II 45 · III 9 · IV 20 |
| 15-1252.00 · Software Developers | 50 | $152,917 | $172,500 | $201,875 | I 2 · II 19 · III 14 · IV 15 |
| 15-1212.00 · Information Security Analysts | 27 | $127,917 | $170,833 | $206,250 | I 5 · II 6 · III 8 · IV 8 |
| 15-2051.00 · Data Scientists | 17 | $136,250 | $156,250 | $177,188 | I 5 · II 8 · III 3 · IV 1 |
| 15-2051.01 · Business Intelligence Analysts | 9 | $146,250 | $168,750 | $183,750 | II 4 · III 3 · IV 2 |
| 13-2054.00 · Financial Risk Specialists | 6 | $175,833 | $178,333 | $207,500 | II 1 · III 3 · IV 2 |
| 15-1251.00 · Computer Programmers | 4 | $100,000 | $150,000 | $170,000 | II 3 · III 1 |
| 15-1299.05 · Information Security Engineers | 4 | $90,000 | $92,500 | $95,000 | I 4 |
| 13-1111.00 · Management Analysts | 3 | $173,750 | $187,500 | $221,250 | III 1 · IV 2 |
| 15-1243.00 · Database Architects | 3 | $178,750 | $182,500 | $201,250 | III 2 · IV 1 |
| 13-2011.00 · Accountants and Auditors | 3 | $153,750 | $167,500 | $196,250 | III 1 · IV 2 |
| 13-2099.01 · Financial Quantitative Analysts | 2 | $202,500 | $205,000 | $212,500 | IV 2 |
| 15-1299.09 · Information Technology Project Managers | 2 | $192,500 | $195,000 | $207,500 | III 1 · IV 1 |
| 13-2051.00 · Financial and Investment Analysts | 2 | $177,500 | $180,000 | $197,500 | II 2 |
| 13-2061.00 · Financial Examiners | 1 | $271,250 | $272,500 | $273,750 | IV 1 |
| 15-1299.08 · Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 1 | $231,250 | $232,500 | $233,750 | IV 1 |
| 11-3071.04 · Supply Chain Managers | 1 | $206,250 | $207,500 | $208,750 | IV 1 |
| 15-1242.00 · Database Administrators | 1 | $176,250 | $177,500 | $178,750 | IV 1 |
| 15-1253.00 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 1 | $156,250 | $157,500 | $158,750 | II 1 |
| 17-2112.00 · Industrial Engineers | 1 | $141,250 | $142,500 | $143,750 | II 1 |
| 15-1211.00 · Computer Systems Analysts | 1 | $101,250 | $102,500 | $103,750 | I 1 |
Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.
Largest occupations in detail
The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.
11-3021.00 · Computer and Information Systems Managers129 disclosed positions · 30 metros
25th $183,015 · median $197,500 · 75th $222,917 · 129 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
15-2031.00 · Operations Research Analysts81 disclosed positions · 19 metros
25th $170,417 · median $183,929 · 75th $198,875 · 81 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
15-1252.00 · Software Developers50 disclosed positions · 19 metros
25th $152,917 · median $172,500 · 75th $201,875 · 50 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
By metro area
The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.
| Metro area | Disclosed positions | 25th | Median | 75th | Occupations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 54 | $152,500 | $183,333 | $207,500 | 14 |
| Dallas, TX | 42 | $153,750 | $185,000 | $204,167 | 7 |
| Chicago, IL | 37 | $170,313 | $192,500 | $213,750 | 7 |
| Florham Park, NJ | 25 | $178,125 | $201,250 | $233,750 | 6 |
| Atlanta, GA | 21 | $177,813 | $186,250 | $248,750 | 6 |
| Houston, TX | 17 | $165,625 | $180,833 | $193,750 | 5 |
| San Francisco, CA | 16 | $166,667 | $185,000 | $213,333 | 6 |
| Seattle, WA | 15 | $153,750 | $175,833 | $195,625 | 6 |
| Washington, DC | 14 | $142,500 | $180,000 | $198,750 | 6 |
| San Jose, CA | 13 | $180,625 | $198,750 | $233,750 | 5 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 10 | $147,500 | $180,000 | $227,500 | 4 |
| Boston, MA | 8 | $145,000 | $175,000 | $195,000 | 5 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 8 | $170,000 | $185,000 | $220,000 | 4 |
| Charlotte, NC | 7 | $178,750 | $187,500 | $203,125 | 4 |
| Tampa, FL | 7 | $163,750 | $178,750 | $200,625 | 4 |
| Raleigh, NC | 6 | $180,833 | $183,333 | $192,500 | 1 |
| Miami, FL | 4 | $180,000 | $185,000 | $195,000 | 4 |
| Austin, TX | 3 | $138,750 | $182,500 | $201,250 | 3 |
| Baltimore, MD | 3 | $173,750 | $187,500 | $246,250 | 2 |
| Columbus, OH | 3 | $183,750 | $187,500 | $201,250 | 2 |
| Denver, CO | 3 | $188,750 | $202,500 | $211,250 | 2 |
| Detroit, MI | 3 | $158,750 | $176,250 | $178,125 | 3 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 3 | $183,750 | $192,500 | $241,250 | 2 |
| Nashville, TN | 3 | $128,750 | $182,500 | $201,250 | 2 |
| San Antonio, TX | 3 | $103,750 | $172,500 | $181,250 | 3 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2 | $182,500 | $185,000 | $212,500 | 2 |
| Irvine, CA | 2 | $237,500 | $240,000 | $327,500 | 1 |
| Louisville, KY | 2 | $162,500 | $165,000 | $177,500 | 1 |
| Washington Dc, DC | 2 | $161,250 | $162,500 | $163,750 | 1 |
| Buffalo, NY | 1 | $166,250 | $167,500 | $168,750 | 1 |
| Columbia, SC | 1 | $146,250 | $147,500 | $148,750 | 1 |
| Dover, DE | 1 | $71,250 | $72,500 | $73,750 | 1 |
| Edision, NJ | 1 | $231,250 | $232,500 | $233,750 | 1 |
| Hartford, CT | 1 | $171,250 | $172,500 | $173,750 | 1 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1 | $211,250 | $212,500 | $213,750 | 1 |
| Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $191,250 | $192,500 | $193,750 | 1 |
| New York City, NY | 1 | $191,250 | $192,500 | $193,750 | 1 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $201,250 | $202,500 | $203,750 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $176,250 | $177,500 | $178,750 | 1 |
| Richmond, VA | 1 | $191,250 | $192,500 | $193,750 | 1 |
| San Diego, CA | 1 | $141,250 | $142,500 | $143,750 | 1 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 1 | $211,250 | $212,500 | $213,750 | 1 |
Prevailing wage levels
Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.
| Level | Positions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 50 | 14.3% |
| Level II | 142 | 40.7% |
| Level III | 77 | 22.1% |
| Level IV | 80 | 22.9% |
Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (349 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.