Network Engineer Salary

Priority dates, work visas, and labor market data

Network Engineer H-1B & PERM Salary

Network and computer systems administrators design, install, and maintain an organization's networks and servers. Based on 39,968 H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Network Engineer is $100,000 per year.

Median salary
$100,000
per year
Total filings
39,968
26,313 in last 5 years
Typical range (25th–75th)
$85,000–$122,886
middle 50% of offers

Network Engineer salary percentiles

PercentileAnnual salary
10th (entry)$75,000
25th$85,000
50th (median)$100,000
75th$122,886
90th (senior)$146,078

Of 39,968 filings, 35,182 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 4,786 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 12% of the total).

Top employers sponsoring Network Engineers

#Employer FilingsAvg. salary
1 TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 1,462 $90,353
2 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 1,218 $98,075
3 Cisco Systems Capital Corporation 901 $122,434
4 INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 778 $88,557
5 Deloitte LLP 554 $91,731
6 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. 504 $128,873
7 WIPRO LIMITED 499 $85,506
8 Charter Communications, Inc. 396 $91,276
9 Juniper Networks, Inc. 387 $115,909
10 Google LLC 359 $138,502
11 TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC 349 $97,456
12 ERICSSON INC. 348 $98,454
13 LTIMINDTREE LIMITED 329 $100,169
14 Amazon Web Services Inc 310 $121,174
15 HCL America, Inc. 287 $102,851
16 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 279 $128,218
17 INTELI PLATFORMS INC 276 $89,654
18 HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC 264 $104,158
19 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 257 $128,690
20 Facebook, Inc. 253 $154,215

Where Network Engineer jobs are sponsored

StateFilingsAvg. salary
Texas6,841$101,502
California6,801$127,398
New Jersey2,850$106,052
Washington2,230$118,243
New York1,834$111,577
Illinois1,538$99,531
Virginia1,496$108,821
Georgia1,457$100,580
North Carolina1,442$101,495
Colorado1,268$100,886
Florida1,250$92,085
Massachusetts999$109,077

Common Network Engineer job titles

Specific titles employers file under this occupation. Click through for a per-title salary profile.

NETWORK ENGINEER · $97,563 SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR · $91,763 Senior Network Engineer · $121,247 NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR · $91,220 Network and Computer Systems Administrators · $90,262 COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECT · $96,137 NETWORK ARCHITECT · $104,167 Manager JC50 - Network and Computer Systems Administrators · $106,867 SYSTEMS ENGINEER · $96,036 SA JC60 - Network and Computer Systems Administrators · $85,711 NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER · $96,365 Network Development Engineer II · $136,992
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Frequently asked questions

How much does a Network Engineer make on a visa-sponsored job in the US?
Across 39,968 H-1B and PERM filings, the median offered salary for a Network Engineer is $100,000 per year, with most offers between $75,000 (10th percentile) and $146,078 (90th percentile).
What is the salary range for a Network Engineer?
The 25th–75th percentile range is $85,000–$122,886, based on U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data for sponsored Network Engineer roles.
Which companies sponsor the most Network Engineer visas?
TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED files the most Network Engineer sponsorship cases in the dataset. The page lists the top 20 sponsoring employers with their filing counts and average wages.

Salaries are the offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.