Kyndryl

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 57 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: New York, NY
Median base salary$155,968+27% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$134.2k–$203.3k
Level IV (expert) share81%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$140,046the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Kyndryl hires at the expert level. 81% of its filings are Level IV, 4.5 times the share across all H-1B employers (18%).
  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 68% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $155,968, median prevailing wage $140,046.

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10th $117.3k25th $134.2kmedian $156k75th $203.3k90th $218.9k

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

What Kyndryl hires for

Bar: share of Kyndryl's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 89% of filings (16 occupations in total).

Show all 2 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$166,42122
Systems Engineer / Architect$146,08911

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Kyndryl.

Pay by level

–Level I
Entry-level · 0% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 12% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 7% of filings
$166kLevel IV
Expert · 81% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 7
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV $165,993 46

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$155,968
Middle 50%$134.2k–$203.3k
vs. all employers+27%comparison median $122,699
Filings57FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $107,386 and $309,986.
PercentileSalary
10th$117,330
25th$134,160
50th (median)$155,968
75th$203,320
90th$218,945

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $155k $210k FY2022: median $111,550 (39 filings) FY2023: median $122,543 (20 filings) FY2024: median $150,000 (35 filings) FY2025: median $149,771 (36 filings) FY2026: median $194,190 (21 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 2 filings FY21 FY2022: 39 filings FY22 FY2023: 20 filings FY23 FY2024: 35 filings FY24 FY2025: 36 filings FY25 FY2026: 21 filings FY26 39
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–––0
FY2021–––2
FY2022$111,550$96,750$124,29239
FY2023$122,543$110,969$129,48920
FY2024$150,000$131,898$182,39535
FY2025$149,771$131,007$174,39136
FY2026$194,190$153,976$214,91721

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$155,968
Median prevailing wage$140,046
Median difference+10.6%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage32%

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 Kyndryl

Kyndryl'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 New York, NY and its filings in the data run from FY2021 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, Systems Engineer / Architect and Network Architect and the main metro areas are Atlanta, GA, Raleigh, NC and Austin, TX. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Kyndryl sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Kyndryl filed 57 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 Kyndryl pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Kyndryl's H-1B filings is $155,968; half of filings fall between $134,160 and $203,320. Bonus and stock are not included.