H-1B salaries in Tallahassee, FL

Based on 999 certified H-1B filings in the Tallahassee, FL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$92,358
Middle 50%$76k–$112.1k
vs. national median−25%comparison median $122,699
Filings999FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $46,966 and $245,883.
PercentileSalary
10th$63,442
25th$76,000
50th (median)$92,358
75th$112,057
90th$135,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $80,000 (363 filings) FY2021: median $84,240 (317 filings) FY2022: median $86,764 (338 filings) FY2023: median $87,412 (350 filings) FY2024: median $85,000 (443 filings) FY2025: median $90,000 (532 filings) FY2026: median $97,043 (467 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 363 filings FY20 FY2021: 317 filings FY21 FY2022: 338 filings FY22 FY2023: 350 filings FY23 FY2024: 443 filings FY24 FY2025: 532 filings FY25 FY2026: 467 filings FY26 532
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$80,000$70,762$92,598363
FY2021$84,240$70,762$99,736317
FY2022$86,764$72,000$100,559338
FY2023$87,412$73,000$106,418350
FY2024$85,000$75,000$101,981443
FY2025$90,000$75,712$109,113532
FY2026$97,043$79,768$114,913467

Cost of living

Tallahassee's median H-1B salary of $92,358 is worth about $98,300 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,264Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Tallahassee, FL HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,424Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Tallahassee, FL HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)93.9Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$98,300Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesFL: noneSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$100,563352
Systems Analyst$91,56274
Data Scientist$85,80063
Systems Engineer / Architect$93,72535
Programmer Analyst$70,37532
Mechanical Engineer$103,50023
Network Administrator$83,20023
Database Administrator$85,20720
Civil Engineer$97,01119
Data Engineer$102,50018
Computer Science Professor$127,84717
QA Engineer$90,00017
Business Professor$195,00015
Mathematics Professor$92,96914
Molecular and Cellular Biologist$58,00011

By job title

SAP Consultant$108.2k · 15 .NET Developer$101.7k · 12

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Tallahassee, FL. Figure: median salary · filings.