Network and computer systems administrators design, install, and maintain an organization's networks and servers. Based on 5,026 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Network Engineer is $115,024 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $79,581 |
| 25th | $95,852 |
| 50th (median) | $115,024 |
| 75th | $135,000 |
| 90th (senior) | $156,562 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 1,693 matched Network Engineers petitions.
The median worker is paid 0.7% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 8.6% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 20.0% are paid above their posted wage, 76.8% at it, and 3.2% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 5,026 filings, 240 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 4,786 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 95% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco Systems Capital Corporation | 336 | $120,179 |
| 2 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. | 88 | $123,417 |
| 3 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 81 | $129,862 |
| 4 | ERICSSON INC. | 68 | $100,750 |
| 5 | AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC. | 66 | $135,456 |
| 6 | Facebook, Inc. | 64 | $159,661 |
| 7 | Google LLC | 56 | $130,577 |
| 8 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 45 | $123,416 |
| 9 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 44 | $89,937 |
| 10 | HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC | 43 | $117,908 |
| 11 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 42 | $135,299 |
| 12 | COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC | 39 | $90,305 |
| 13 | TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS) INC., (FORMERLY MBT INTERNATIONAL, INC.) | 38 | $106,665 |
| 14 | KFORCE INC. | 37 | $90,503 |
| 15 | INTELI PLATFORMS INC | 37 | $106,097 |
| 16 | Charter Communications, Inc. | 34 | $115,926 |
| 17 | NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 30 | $123,436 |
| 18 | AT&T SERVICES, INC. | 30 | $128,227 |
| 19 | NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS US LLC | 29 | $99,664 |
| 20 | TATA CONSLTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 26 | $130,915 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1,053 | $138,146 |
| Texas | 636 | $112,726 |
| New Jersey | 373 | $116,491 |
| Washington | 249 | $126,785 |
| New York | 212 | $119,279 |
| Virginia | 146 | $118,274 |
| Florida | 129 | $90,967 |
| Illinois | 114 | $118,674 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | $116,494 |
| North Carolina | 89 | $110,667 |
| Georgia | 80 | $111,927 |
| Michigan | 78 | $100,926 |
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Salaries are the certified 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.