Sysdig

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 24 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • Main U.S. filing address: San Francisco, CA
Median base salary$165,494+35% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$158k–$177.8k
Level III (senior) share50%all employers: 21%
Median prevailing wage$145,107the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $158k25th $158kmedian $165.5k75th $177.8k90th $217.9k

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

What Sysdig hires for

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

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$163,86214

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Sysdig.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 5% of filings
too fewLevel II
Mid-level · 23% of filings
$163.9kLevel III
Senior · 50% of filings
too fewLevel IV
Expert · 23% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II too few 5
Senior · Level III $163,862 11
Expert · Level IV too few 5

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$165,494
Middle 50%$158k–$177.8k
vs. all employers+35%comparison median $122,699
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $155,230 and $267,543.
PercentileSalary
10th$158,000
25th$158,000
50th (median)$165,494
75th$177,750
90th$217,946

Salary by year

Median salary

$140k $180k $220k FY2021: median $160,000 (21 filings) FY2022: median $157,500 (24 filings) FY2023: median $168,300 (12 filings) FY2024: median $205,000 (11 filings) FY2025: median $161,513 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 21 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 24
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–––9
FY2021$160,000$146,000$175,00021
FY2022$157,500$145,000$168,72524
FY2023$168,300$154,566$227,00012
FY2024$205,000$189,506$215,31511
FY2025$161,513$158,000$167,12518
FY2026–––6

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$165,494
Median prevailing wage$145,107
Median difference+16.9%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage13%

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.

Job titles at Sysdig

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Senior Software Engineer$163,431$158k–$168.5k10

Job titles as written on the filings, with at least 10 filings. Middle 50%: 25th–75th percentile.

About Sysdig

Sysdig'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 San Francisco, CA 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, Network Administrator and IT Manager and the main metro areas are San Francisco, CA, Raleigh, NC and Seattle, WA. The most common wage level in those years is Level III (senior).

Questions

Does Sysdig sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Sysdig filed 24 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 Sysdig pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Sysdig's H-1B filings is $165,494; half of filings fall between $158,000 and $177,750. Bonus and stock are not included.