Western Alliance Bank

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 71 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Depository Credit Intermediation
  • Main U.S. filing address: Phoenix, AZ
Median base salary$138,921+13% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$114.2k–$160k
Level IV (expert) share39%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$118,851the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 99% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $138,921, median prevailing wage $118,851.

Is your Western Alliance Bank offer competitive?

Enter the base salary in your offer. We compare it with Western Alliance Bank's certified filings for the same job.

10th $100k25th $114.2kmedian $138.9k75th $160k90th $181k

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

What Western Alliance Bank hires for

Bar: share of Western Alliance Bank's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 92% of filings (14 occupations in total).

Show all 2 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$153,01722
Systems Engineer / Architect$135,64810

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Western Alliance Bank.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 4% of filings
$112.8kLevel II
Mid-level · 35% of filings
$130.1kLevel III
Senior · 21% of filings
$159kLevel IV
Expert · 39% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II $112,824 25
Senior · Level III $130,086 15
Expert · Level IV $159,000 28

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Western Alliance Bank files

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

Show all 2 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Phoenix, AZ$137,91731
Dallas, TX$155,84714

Salary details

Median salary$138,921
Middle 50%$114.2k–$160k
vs. all employers+13%comparison median $122,699
Filings71FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $87,500 and $240,139.
PercentileSalary
10th$100,000
25th$114,193
50th (median)$138,921
75th$159,950
90th$180,997

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $125k $160k FY2021: median $101,109 (13 filings) FY2022: median $127,500 (28 filings) FY2023: median $126,180 (48 filings) FY2024: median $109,375 (30 filings) FY2025: median $143,583 (39 filings) FY2026: median $127,780 (32 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 13 filings FY21 FY2022: 28 filings FY22 FY2023: 48 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 39 filings FY25 FY2026: 32 filings FY26 48
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$101,109$68,578$123,53113
FY2022$127,500$103,125$167,50028
FY2023$126,180$98,850$141,06948
FY2024$109,375$98,300$139,59430
FY2025$143,583$116,717$159,95039
FY2026$127,780$109,327$157,71232

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$138,921
Median prevailing wage$118,851
Median difference+14.1%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage1%

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 Western Alliance Bank

Job titleMedianMiddle 50%Filings
Engineer$105,315$99.8k–$110.7k12

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

About Western Alliance Bank

Western Alliance Bank's filings list its industry as Depository Credit Intermediation (Finance and Insurance sector, NAICS 5221). Its main U.S. filing address is in Phoenix, AZ 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 Engineer / Architect and Data Scientist and the main metro areas are Phoenix, AZ, Dallas, TX and Columbus, OH. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Western Alliance Bank sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Western Alliance Bank filed 71 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 Western Alliance Bank pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Western Alliance Bank's H-1B filings is $138,921; half of filings fall between $114,193 and $159,950. Bonus and stock are not included.