H-1B salaries in St. Louis, MO

Based on 7,235 certified H-1B filings in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$97,400
Middle 50%$79k–$124.6k
vs. national median−21%comparison median $122,699
Filings7,235FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $50,482 and $324,426.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,186
25th$78,957
50th (median)$97,400
75th$124,643
90th$155,784

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $85,000 (5,640 filings) FY2021: median $90,000 (4,225 filings) FY2022: median $91,666 (4,751 filings) FY2023: median $94,224 (3,967 filings) FY2024: median $90,400 (3,783 filings) FY2025: median $97,032 (4,283 filings) FY2026: median $98,446 (2,952 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5,640 filings FY20 FY2021: 4,225 filings FY21 FY2022: 4,751 filings FY22 FY2023: 3,967 filings FY23 FY2024: 3,783 filings FY24 FY2025: 4,283 filings FY25 FY2026: 2,952 filings FY26 5,640
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$85,000$77,692$100,0005,640
FY2021$90,000$80,000$106,4004,225
FY2022$91,666$84,094$113,1094,751
FY2023$94,224$83,000$116,6003,967
FY2024$90,400$80,372$117,0533,783
FY2025$97,032$78,725$122,4184,283
FY2026$98,446$79,000$126,8902,952

Cost of living

St. Louis's median H-1B salary of $97,400 is worth about $102,400 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,104Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,349Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)95.1Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$102,400Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesMO: yes · IL: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$112,1742,563
Systems Engineer / Architect$102,149613
Medical Scientist$67,824375
Data Scientist$94,433360
QA Engineer$84,448316
Systems Analyst$90,000199
Programmer Analyst$86,424195
Accountant$81,000125
IT Manager$159,168121
Physician$239,200117
Database Administrator$98,446107
Medical School Professor$240,000102
Network Administrator$86,500101
Data Engineer$135,00091
Operations Research Analyst$102,02180

By job title

Product Manager$119k · 65 DevOps Engineer$97.4k · 60 Java Developer$95k · 59 Site Reliability Engineer$111.1k · 54 Full Stack Developer$98k · 53 Solutions Architect$149.8k · 46 SAP Consultant$90.7k · 26 Systems Engineer$95k · 19 .NET Developer$93.9k · 14 Salesforce Developer$97.4k · 14 Cloud Engineer$93.9k · 12

Job titles with at least 10 filings in St. Louis, MO. Figure: median salary · filings.