H-1B salaries in Harrisburg, PA

Based on 1,754 certified H-1B filings in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$100,000
Middle 50%$86.1k–$128k
vs. national median−18%comparison median $122,699
Filings1,754FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $59,114 and $381,767.
PercentileSalary
10th$74,916
25th$86,070
50th (median)$100,000
75th$128,000
90th$158,940

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $86,500 (1,439 filings) FY2021: median $90,000 (1,080 filings) FY2022: median $96,400 (1,291 filings) FY2023: median $98,000 (943 filings) FY2024: median $97,559 (897 filings) FY2025: median $100,000 (948 filings) FY2026: median $101,900 (806 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1,439 filings FY20 FY2021: 1,080 filings FY21 FY2022: 1,291 filings FY22 FY2023: 943 filings FY23 FY2024: 897 filings FY24 FY2025: 948 filings FY25 FY2026: 806 filings FY26 1,439
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$86,500$77,210$100,0001,439
FY2021$90,000$76,003$106,7471,080
FY2022$96,400$78,957$120,0001,291
FY2023$98,000$84,822$115,593943
FY2024$97,559$83,595$120,000897
FY2025$100,000$85,000$128,960948
FY2026$101,900$92,292$126,090806

Cost of living

Harrisburg's median H-1B salary of $100,000 is worth about $101,400 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,285Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,598Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA).
Price level (U.S. = 100)98.7Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$101,400Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesPA: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$105,416834
QA Engineer$87,672145
Systems Engineer / Architect$108,74774
Data Scientist$92,95567
IT Manager$160,40064
Systems Analyst$90,00059
Programmer Analyst$99,50051
Database Administrator$111,69630
Data Engineer$129,81227
Physician$266,15927
Information Security Analyst$111,00326
Medical School Professor$319,66226
Medical Scientist$72,60622
Industrial Engineer$99,79220
Network Administrator$98,00020

By job title

.NET Developer$94.4k · 44 Solutions Architect$148.2k · 43 Java Developer$95k · 38 Full Stack Developer$111.7k · 13 SAP Consultant$116k · 11 DevOps Engineer$94.7k · 10

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Harrisburg, PA. Figure: median salary · filings.