H-1B salaries in Houston, TX

Based on 20,135 certified H-1B filings in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$105,976
Middle 50%$83.2k–$135.5k
vs. national median−14%comparison median $122,699
Filings20,135FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $50,604 and $277,286.
PercentileSalary
10th$67,900
25th$83,200
50th (median)$105,976
75th$135,512
90th$170,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2020: median $91,957 (10,969 filings) FY2021: median $92,700 (9,420 filings) FY2022: median $93,051 (11,212 filings) FY2023: median $95,160 (10,730 filings) FY2024: median $98,301 (11,195 filings) FY2025: median $103,210 (11,954 filings) FY2026: median $107,120 (8,181 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10,969 filings FY20 FY2021: 9,420 filings FY21 FY2022: 11,212 filings FY22 FY2023: 10,730 filings FY23 FY2024: 11,195 filings FY24 FY2025: 11,954 filings FY25 FY2026: 8,181 filings FY26 11,954
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$91,957$76,114$114,40010,969
FY2021$92,700$79,352$119,5389,420
FY2022$93,051$80,000$122,67011,212
FY2023$95,160$80,000$124,04610,730
FY2024$98,301$77,000$125,00011,195
FY2025$103,210$81,245$130,90011,954
FY2026$107,120$85,000$140,0008,181

Cost of living

Houston's median H-1B salary of $105,976 is worth about $107,400 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,261Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,497Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)98.6Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$107,400Median 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$107,4315,072
Systems Engineer / Architect$108,2431,716
Data Scientist$90,000982
Programmer Analyst$79,102630
Systems Analyst$117,208600
Civil Engineer$92,269575
Accountant$83,000567
Mechanical Engineer$106,925508
QA Engineer$89,295468
Management Consultant$110,200438
Medical Scientist$71,214432
IT Manager$189,217429
Electrical Engineer$114,208425
Industrial Engineer$97,635419
Financial Analyst$127,566315

By job title

SAP Consultant$106k · 176 Solutions Architect$136.9k · 176 DevOps Engineer$106k · 117 Full Stack Developer$104.5k · 112 Systems Engineer$93.3k · 75 Java Developer$103.2k · 74 .NET Developer$104.3k · 68 Product Manager$131.1k · 60 Cloud Engineer$108.2k · 55 Salesforce Developer$106k · 49 Scrum Master$91k · 32 Site Reliability Engineer$125k · 27 Frontend Developer$103.2k · 19 Backend Developer$126.5k · 16

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