H-1B salaries in Atlanta, GA

Based on 31,885 certified H-1B filings in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$110,000
Middle 50%$90.2k–$139.2k
vs. national median−10%comparison median $122,699
Filings31,885FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $54,819 and $248,439.
PercentileSalary
10th$80,371
25th$90,210
50th (median)$110,000
75th$139,152
90th$166,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2020: median $90,000 (17,385 filings) FY2021: median $94,203 (16,177 filings) FY2022: median $99,008 (20,292 filings) FY2023: median $102,000 (18,083 filings) FY2024: median $103,000 (19,312 filings) FY2025: median $109,283 (18,991 filings) FY2026: median $112,268 (12,894 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 17,385 filings FY20 FY2021: 16,177 filings FY21 FY2022: 20,292 filings FY22 FY2023: 18,083 filings FY23 FY2024: 19,312 filings FY24 FY2025: 18,991 filings FY25 FY2026: 12,894 filings FY26 20,292
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$90,000$77,771$107,41117,385
FY2021$94,203$83,096$117,06216,177
FY2022$99,008$87,485$122,70020,292
FY2023$102,000$86,362$125,00018,083
FY2024$103,000$86,087$130,00019,312
FY2025$109,283$89,710$136,90018,991
FY2026$112,268$93,476$141,29412,894

Cost of living

Atlanta's median H-1B salary of $110,000 is worth about $109,900 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,619Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,762Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)100.1Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$109,900Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesGA: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$125,00011,688
Systems Engineer / Architect$108,5144,007
Data Scientist$112,7361,853
QA Engineer$97,3651,707
Systems Analyst$108,9141,180
Programmer Analyst$90,2101,091
IT Manager$183,851929
Operations Research Analyst$104,799653
Accountant$81,900651
Database Administrator$106,040562
Management Consultant$115,000411
Network Administrator$89,627410
Civil Engineer$88,421371
Data Engineer$142,350324
Industrial Engineer$104,998320

By job title

Java Developer$105.2k · 334 Solutions Architect$140k · 312 DevOps Engineer$109.3k · 287 Full Stack Developer$109.3k · 258 Product Manager$129.8k · 238 Site Reliability Engineer$130k · 177 Systems Engineer$102k · 157 SAP Consultant$109.3k · 126 Cloud Engineer$123.5k · 113 Salesforce Developer$109.3k · 104 .NET Developer$109.3k · 100 Scrum Master$105.2k · 59 Python Developer$104k · 33 Backend Developer$111.2k · 28 Frontend Developer$109.3k · 25

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Atlanta, GA. Figure: median salary · filings.