IBM salaries in New York, NY

Based on 540 certified H-1B filings by IBM in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$146,022
Middle 50%$126.8k–$189.6k
vs. all employers here+11%comparison median $131,997
Filings540FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $90,002 and $300,399.
PercentileSalary
10th$105,019
25th$126,818
50th (median)$146,022
75th$189,604
90th$228,445

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $140k $200k FY2020: median $92,435 (709 filings) FY2021: median $92,600 (285 filings) FY2022: median $100,049 (398 filings) FY2023: median $117,042 (431 filings) FY2024: median $125,715 (571 filings) FY2025: median $128,939 (403 filings) FY2026: median $186,871 (137 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 709 filings FY20 FY2021: 285 filings FY21 FY2022: 398 filings FY22 FY2023: 431 filings FY23 FY2024: 571 filings FY24 FY2025: 403 filings FY25 FY2026: 137 filings FY26 709
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$92,435$77,131$113,672709
FY2021$92,600$91,374$114,067285
FY2022$100,049$92,560$117,042398
FY2023$117,042$98,371$151,398431
FY2024$125,715$104,125$161,094571
FY2025$128,939$121,514$179,244403
FY2026$186,871$148,992$215,693137

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Analyst$128,939166
Software Engineer$189,60088
Systems Engineer / Architect$126,81887
Data Scientist$182,63250
Research Scientist (Computer Science)$232,48437
QA Engineer$126,83836
Data Engineer$151,15425
Programmer Analyst$114,26516
Database Administratortoo few7
Computer Hardware Engineertoo few6
Management Consultanttoo few4
IT Managertoo few3
Network Architecttoo few3
Financial Analysttoo few2
Electronics Engineertoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in New York, NY.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $126,004 179
Senior · Level III $128,939 204
Expert · Level IV $191,215 157

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.