Senior Programmer Analyst salary in San Antonio, TX

Based on 13 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Live Oak, Sanantonio, Elmendorf, Helotes, New Braunfels.

Also listed as: Computer Programmer

Median salary$128,690
Middle 50%$95k–$130.3k
vs. all levels here+36%comparison median $94,848
Filings13FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $94,578 and $150,119.
PercentileSalary
10th$94,578
25th$95,000
50th (median)$128,690
75th$130,260
90th$137,414

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2020: median $88,899 (10 filings) FY2023: median $80,850 (17 filings) FY2024: median $87,277 (18 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 7 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 18
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$88,899$88,899$97,28210
FY2021–––6
FY2022–––7
FY2023$80,850$80,850$93,33517
FY2024$87,277$87,277$87,27718
FY2025–––8
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

San Antonio's median senior Programmer Analyst salary of $128,690 is worth about $135,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Antonio = 94.7).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
HCLTechtoo few3
Accenturetoo few2
IBMtoo few2
Tata Consultancy Servicestoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $61,500 17
Mid-level · Level II $94,848 228
Senior · Level III $128,690 13
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$57,886$61,50017
Mid-level · Level II$76,232$94,848228
Senior · Level III$128,690$128,69013

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.