Entry-level Network Support Specialist salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 59 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Redmond, Maple Valley, Tukwila, Renton.

Also listed as: Computer Network Support Specialist, Computer Network Support Specialists

Median salary$71,000
Middle 50%$70.8k–$78.6k
vs. all levels here−22%comparison median $91,582
Filings59FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,824 and $117,284.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,824
25th$70,824
50th (median)$71,000
75th$78,619
90th$106,280

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $85k $110k FY2024: median $68,000 (19 filings) FY2025: median $70,824 (43 filings) FY2026: median $103,200 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 2 filings FY23 FY2024: 19 filings FY24 FY2025: 43 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 43
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–––2
FY2021–––3
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––2
FY2024$68,000$65,000$70,00019
FY2025$70,824$70,824$72,77143
FY2026$103,200$77,938$108,00016

Cost of living

Seattle's median entry-level Network Support Specialist salary of $71,000 is worth about $63,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Seattle = 111.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Computer Network Support Specialists in the Seattle, WA area earned a median of $104,610 in May 2025 (2,320 employed). The H-1B median here is $71,000, 32% 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
LTIMindtree$70,82438
Amazon$106,00013
BTI Solutionstoo few3

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $71,000 59
Mid-level · Level II $91,583 122
Senior · Level III $126,095 15
Expert · Level IV – 0

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$70,824$71,00059
Mid-level · Level II$85,654$91,583122
Senior · Level III$109,242$126,09515

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.