Microsoft Corporation H-1B salaries

Microsoft Corporation filed 23,640 certified H-1B applications between Sep 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $168,188 a year. The typical offer was 20% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $168,188
Middle half earn: $150,150 to $189,180
Top 10% earn over: $210,826
Certified filings: 23,640

Every filing

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Pay by job title

Job title	Filings	Median	vs US	Middle half
Software Engineering	12,593	$170,000	–	$152,000 – $190,811
Software Engineer	2,293	$160,044	+16%	$145,935 – $179,500
Product Management	1,057	$176,190	–	$159,000 – $198,518
Technical Program Management	763	$175,000	–	$158,200 – $192,101
Applied Sciences	687	$177,000	–	$162,615 – $197,100
Data Science	657	$165,500	–	$149,500 – $185,400
Silicon Engineering	473	$180,000	–	$160,000 – $207,400
Technical Support Engineering	422	$128,864	–	$119,599 – $140,305
Cloud Solution Architecture	242	$168,000	–	$151,725 – $182,900
Product Design	211	$169,126	–	$154,304 – $184,288
Product Manager	194	$175,700	+11%	$161,199 – $195,094
Data Engineering	193	$172,720	–	$159,892 – $191,144
Product Marketing	161	$157,100	–	$140,180 – $175,000
Financial Analysis	159	$140,500	–	$128,550 – $150,954
Hardware Engineering	150	$187,321	–	$174,456 – $205,476
Customer Experience Engineering	149	$167,268	–	$152,250 – $181,480
Technical Program Manager	141	$178,600	+7%	$160,335 – $194,282
Cloud Network Engineering	131	$178,786	–	$156,062 – $192,700
Site Reliability Engineering	124	$173,396	–	$154,779 – $187,497
Research Sciences	105	$192,035	–	$176,500 – $203,063
Technical Support Engineer	104	$128,600	+26%	$117,900 – $137,700
Business Program Management	104	$156,705	–	$141,143 – $170,456
Service Engineering	100	$160,570	–	$152,706 – $179,135
Silicon Engineer	94	$166,194	−7%	$141,712 – $183,864
Data Analytics	86	$155,678	–	$142,225 – $169,000
Customer Experience Program Management	85	$177,997	–	$161,000 – $195,292
Electrical Engineering	71	$162,750	–	$145,784 – $185,022
Security Research	64	$174,278	–	$155,930 – $192,891
Technical Support Advisory	62	$133,516	–	$121,690 – $143,995
Business Analytics	61	$165,000	–	$145,000 – $179,694
Security Assurance	56	$183,345	–	$160,643 – $205,118
Business Planning	54	$174,288	–	$162,758 – $192,940
Supply Planning	53	$147,608	–	$124,560 – $166,910
Security Operations Engineering	49	$183,602	–	$160,937 – $190,998
Customer Solutions Architecture	49	$176,411	–	$155,295 – $192,990
Firmware Engineering	49	$193,050	–	$162,242 – $207,785
Demand Planning	43	$162,300	–	$153,500 – $179,111
Digital Solution Engineering	43	$172,702	–	$151,871 – $188,625
Mechanical Engineering	43	$161,000	–	$145,825 – $175,660
Digital Cloud Solution Architecture	41	$167,773	–	$165,110 – $185,286
UX Research	40	$168,864	–	$150,150 – $174,895
Hardware Engineer	39	$174,203	+13%	$160,842 – $193,738
Technology Specialists	38	$179,700	–	$165,950 – $186,600
Solution Area Specialists	37	$172,324	–	$158,000 – $182,500
Sales Strategy Enablement	33	$173,980	–	$155,715 – $194,000
Business Program Manager	32	$149,760	–	$135,400 – $161,625
Construction Project Management	30	$167,300	–	$157,750 – $177,930
Senior Software Engineer	30	$186,130	+26%	$170,250 – $197,640
Solution Architecture	29	$175,429	–	$164,300 – $187,300
Customer Success Account Management	27	$163,280	–	$136,801 – $174,481

Where they work

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Redmond, WA	15,360	$169,919	$153,800 – $189,362
Mountain View, CA	1,695	$194,355	$173,000 – $217,652
Atlanta, GA	868	$137,025	$123,375 – $152,608
Austin, TX	427	$156,200	$138,540 – $174,086
Irving, TX	409	$139,600	$122,960 – $152,762
New York, NY	382	$179,670	$159,075 – $202,000
Charlotte, NC	224	$138,435	$126,630 – $148,521
San Francisco, CA	175	$185,000	$168,505 – $210,965
Morrisville, NC	160	$148,302	$135,050 – $165,884
Bellevue, WA	158	$173,808	$151,825 – $186,013
San Jose, CA	140	$179,150	$161,692 – $199,344
Cambridge, MA	136	$157,146	$146,300 – $175,749
Santa Clara, CA	133	$206,100	$176,390 – $226,700
Hillsboro, OR	126	$166,005	$150,335 – $178,444
Bothell, WA	113	$173,075	$156,600 – $193,200
Seattle, WA	95	$158,500	$139,289 – $169,130
Sunnyvale, CA	76	$180,575	$164,250 – $201,000
Dallas, TX	75	$131,580	$124,425 – $146,045
Burlington, MA	70	$163,045	$147,776 – $176,578
Jersey City, NJ	68	$172,100	$160,477 – $188,000

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	1,590	$160,309
2024	10,421	$164,000
2025	7,953	$173,100
2026	3,676	$175,000

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	1,817	$130,600
Level II	9,228	$154,455
Level III	9,090	$181,440
Level IV	2,546	$216,294