Microsoft salaries in New York, NY

Based on 424 certified H-1B filings by Microsoft Corporation in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$178,549
Middle 50%$159.8k–$199.7k
vs. all employers here+35%comparison median $131,997
Filings424FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $124,000 and $258,500.
PercentileSalary
10th$144,530
25th$159,845
50th (median)$178,549
75th$199,732
90th$220,093

Salary by year

Median salary

$140k $165k $190k FY2020: median $157,524 (88 filings) FY2021: median $158,148 (122 filings) FY2022: median $160,000 (257 filings) FY2023: median $162,250 (170 filings) FY2024: median $167,390 (218 filings) FY2025: median $180,640 (280 filings) FY2026: median $172,365 (144 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 88 filings FY20 FY2021: 122 filings FY21 FY2022: 257 filings FY22 FY2023: 170 filings FY23 FY2024: 218 filings FY24 FY2025: 280 filings FY25 FY2026: 144 filings FY26 280
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$157,524$132,368$172,17288
FY2021$158,148$133,092$170,743122
FY2022$160,000$141,700$184,000257
FY2023$162,250$143,130$180,500170
FY2024$167,390$154,940$190,231218
FY2025$180,640$160,675$199,575280
FY2026$172,365$159,219$199,732144

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$177,770211
Systems Engineer / Architect$179,46572
Data Scientist$174,30056
Market Research Analyst$158,05024
Sales Engineer$193,37815
Research Scientist (Computer Science)$202,00011
Management Consultanttoo few6
Information Security Analysttoo few6
Project Managertoo few5
Industrial Designertoo few5
Systems Analysttoo few2
Data Engineertoo few2
UX Designertoo 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 $143,156 49
Mid-level · Level II $167,100 171
Senior · Level III $197,132 168
Expert · Level IV $227,861 35

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.