Senior Programmer Analyst salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 26 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes O'fallon, Saint Louis, Maryland Heights, O Fallon, St Louis.

Also listed as: Computer Programmer

Median salary$95,794
Middle 50%$89.1k–$101.9k
vs. all levels here+11%comparison median $86,424
Filings26FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $89,128 and $132,400.
PercentileSalary
10th$89,128
25th$89,128
50th (median)$95,794
75th$101,920
90th$105,150

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $90,405 (15 filings) FY2024: median $86,590 (16 filings) FY2025: median $89,128 (16 filings) FY2026: median $101,920 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 15 filings FY20 FY2021: 5 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 16 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 16
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$90,405$90,405$100,70015
FY2021–––5
FY2022–––8
FY2023–––9
FY2024$86,590$81,099$93,80016
FY2025$89,128$89,128$89,34616
FY2026$101,920$101,680$104,23010

Cost of living

St. Louis's median senior Programmer Analyst salary of $95,794 is worth about $100,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Computer Programmers in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $96,920 in May 2025 (660 employed). The H-1B median here is $95,794, 1% 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
Innova Solutionstoo few7
Msr Technology Grouptoo few4
Aspire Systems Digital Transformationtoo few3
Axis Techtoo few3
Accenturetoo few2
GDN Infotechtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $51,459 13
Mid-level · Level II $86,424 150
Senior · Level III $95,794 26
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$51,459$51,45913
Mid-level · Level II$86,424$86,424150
Senior · Level III$89,128$95,79426

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.