H-1B salaries in Austin, TX

Based on 30,625 certified H-1B filings in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$130,000
Middle 50%$107.5k–$157.8k
vs. national median+6%comparison median $122,699
Filings30,625FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $62,405 and $245,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$86,029
25th$107,515
50th (median)$130,000
75th$157,800
90th$182,400

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $110k $140k FY2020: median $98,100 (9,677 filings) FY2021: median $106,350 (11,340 filings) FY2022: median $115,000 (15,943 filings) FY2023: median $115,000 (14,094 filings) FY2024: median $119,850 (15,595 filings) FY2025: median $128,750 (17,628 filings) FY2026: median $131,634 (12,997 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9,677 filings FY20 FY2021: 11,340 filings FY21 FY2022: 15,943 filings FY22 FY2023: 14,094 filings FY23 FY2024: 15,595 filings FY24 FY2025: 17,628 filings FY25 FY2026: 12,997 filings FY26 17,628
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$98,100$85,363$122,1469,677
FY2021$106,350$87,589$130,59411,340
FY2022$115,000$91,000$143,00015,943
FY2023$115,000$92,040$141,81414,094
FY2024$119,850$96,866$149,69315,595
FY2025$128,750$106,765$155,70917,628
FY2026$131,634$110,656$162,00012,997

Cost of living

Austin's median H-1B salary of $130,000 is worth about $132,600 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,530Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,817Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA).
Price level (U.S. = 100)98.1Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$132,600Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesTX: noneSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$135,20011,577
Systems Engineer / Architect$119,9332,849
Electronics Engineer$139,0002,152
Data Scientist$124,5301,828
QA Engineer$107,0001,170
Programmer Analyst$84,0001,024
Industrial Engineer$122,476860
IT Manager$191,987858
Systems Analyst$105,157698
Electrical Engineer$140,920497
Database Administrator$112,530438
Civil Engineer$98,675358
Operations Research Analyst$115,000355
Mechanical Engineer$124,560351
Network Administrator$99,445336

By job title

Product Manager$148.4k · 355 DevOps Engineer$114.8k · 281 Solutions Architect$139.2k · 258 Java Developer$108.8k · 236 Full Stack Developer$114.8k · 223 Site Reliability Engineer$133.3k · 203 Systems Engineer$130.3k · 167 SAP Consultant$109k · 166 Salesforce Developer$120k · 107 Cloud Engineer$135.6k · 97 Backend Developer$140.3k · 71 Frontend Developer$139.6k · 62 .NET Developer$110.2k · 57 Scrum Master$104.4k · 26 Python Developer$108.8k · 25

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Austin, TX. Figure: median salary · filings.