Mid-level Network Administrator salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 914 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Plano, Irving, Richardson, Frisco, Mckinney.

Also listed as: Systems Administrator

Median salary$86,965
Middle 50%$80.5k–$90k
vs. all levels here−0%comparison median $87,360
Filings914FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,288 and $150,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$80,288
25th$80,500
50th (median)$86,965
75th$90,000
90th$110,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $77,334 (255 filings) FY2021: median $77,334 (204 filings) FY2022: median $77,175 (276 filings) FY2023: median $79,123 (287 filings) FY2024: median $78,000 (329 filings) FY2025: median $80,500 (462 filings) FY2026: median $86,965 (452 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 255 filings FY20 FY2021: 204 filings FY21 FY2022: 276 filings FY22 FY2023: 287 filings FY23 FY2024: 329 filings FY24 FY2025: 462 filings FY25 FY2026: 452 filings FY26 462
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$77,334$76,918$80,000255
FY2021$77,334$77,334$84,400204
FY2022$77,175$77,022$85,000276
FY2023$79,123$79,123$85,140287
FY2024$78,000$77,667$88,329329
FY2025$80,500$80,288$87,000462
FY2026$86,965$86,965$91,200452

Cost of living

Dallas's median mid-level Network Administrator salary of $86,965 is worth about $84,400 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Network and Computer Systems Administrators in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $103,260 in May 2025 (11,740 employed). The H-1B median here is $86,965, 16% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Infosys$86,96575
Wipro$86,96553
Amazon$128,55040
Tata Consultancy Services$80,28838
LTIMindtree$96,78029
Cognizant$86,96523
Tech Mahindra$102,50020
Invences$86,96520
Inteli Platforms$86,96518
Amalgam Technologies$86,96515

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $68,848 177
Mid-level · Level II $86,965 914
Senior · Level III $105,102 246
Expert · Level IV $126,778 241

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$61,090$68,848177
Mid-level · Level II$86,965$86,965914
Senior · Level III$105,102$105,102246
Expert · Level IV$123,219$126,778241

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.