Ideal Source

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 27 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: Lewisville, TX
Median base salary$103,000−16% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$95k–$106.4k
Level II (mid-level) share85%all employers: 42%
Median prevailing wage$98,925the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $87.2k25th $95kmedian $103k75th $106.4k90th $113k

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Percentiles from Ideal Source's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Ideal Source hires for

Bar: share of Ideal Source's filings. Figure: median base salary.

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$106,00013

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Ideal Source.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 11% of filings
$106kLevel II
Mid-level · 85% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 4% of filings
–Level IV
Expert · 0% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II $106,000 23
Senior · Level III too few 1
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Ideal Source files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

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Metro areaMedianFilings
Dallas, TX$106,00014

Salary details

Median salary$103,000
Middle 50%$95k–$106.4k
vs. all employers−16%comparison median $122,699
Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $75,194 and $113,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$87,160
25th$95,000
50th (median)$103,000
75th$106,434
90th$113,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $95k $110k FY2022: median $95,000 (28 filings) FY2023: median $98,904 (15 filings) FY2024: median $102,000 (18 filings) FY2025: median $102,500 (14 filings) FY2026: median $103,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 28 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 28
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–––8
FY2021–––9
FY2022$95,000$95,000$95,00028
FY2023$98,904$95,000$99,45215
FY2024$102,000$102,000$102,00018
FY2025$102,500$95,000$106,00014
FY2026$103,000$95,000$106,43413

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$103,000
Median prevailing wage$98,925
Median difference+0.1%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage56%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Ideal Source

Ideal Source's filings list its industry as Computer Systems Design and Related Services (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, NAICS 5415). Its main U.S. filing address is in Lewisville, TX and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Systems Analyst and Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are Dallas, TX, Boston, MA and Miami, FL. The most common wage level in those years is Level II (mid-level).

Questions

Does Ideal Source sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Ideal Source filed 27 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Ideal Source pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Ideal Source's H-1B filings is $103,000; half of filings fall between $95,000 and $106,434. Bonus and stock are not included.