H-1B salaries in Philadelphia, PA

Based on 18,507 certified H-1B filings in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$109,845
Middle 50%$88.1k–$140k
vs. national median−10%comparison median $122,699
Filings18,507FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $50,000 and $276,820.
PercentileSalary
10th$74,000
25th$88,088
50th (median)$109,845
75th$140,000
90th$168,300

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $100k $120k FY2020: median $90,000 (14,462 filings) FY2021: median $94,037 (11,844 filings) FY2022: median $100,000 (12,312 filings) FY2023: median $100,069 (10,845 filings) FY2024: median $102,400 (10,685 filings) FY2025: median $106,184 (10,650 filings) FY2026: median $110,000 (7,857 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 14,462 filings FY20 FY2021: 11,844 filings FY21 FY2022: 12,312 filings FY22 FY2023: 10,845 filings FY23 FY2024: 10,685 filings FY24 FY2025: 10,650 filings FY25 FY2026: 7,857 filings FY26 14,462
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$78,062$108,36814,462
FY2021$94,037$80,000$117,00011,844
FY2022$100,000$83,013$124,88312,312
FY2023$100,069$82,909$125,79010,845
FY2024$102,400$84,469$129,73010,685
FY2025$106,184$86,736$138,71610,650
FY2026$110,000$90,022$140,4627,857

Cost of living

Philadelphia's median H-1B salary of $109,845 is worth about $107,100 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,558Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,860Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA).
Price level (U.S. = 100)102.6Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$107,100Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesPA: yes · NJ: yes · DE: yes · MD: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$123,0005,323
Systems Engineer / Architect$114,9201,640
Data Scientist$105,1001,223
Systems Analyst$113,1461,028
Programmer Analyst$84,000761
QA Engineer$100,900749
IT Manager$170,000444
Medical Scientist$75,000363
Statistician$129,712327
Database Administrator$122,823292
Management Consultant$113,225270
Operations Research Analyst$100,194265
Accountant$88,600264
Data Engineer$131,990236
Industrial Engineer$100,000232

By job title

Java Developer$105.2k · 180 Full Stack Developer$106k · 172 Solutions Architect$135.2k · 141 Product Manager$129.1k · 99 DevOps Engineer$109.8k · 93 Cloud Engineer$117.8k · 69 SAP Consultant$109.8k · 67 Systems Engineer$99k · 63 Python Developer$105.2k · 47 Salesforce Developer$109.6k · 46 .NET Developer$109.8k · 33 Backend Developer$126.6k · 32 Scrum Master$98.3k · 30 Site Reliability Engineer$114.9k · 25 Frontend Developer$109.8k · 11

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