key takeaways
- Companies are required to file documentation with the U.S. Department of Labor when hiring foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
- These documents contain salary data information that presents a snapshot of compensation.
- Here’s how much top companies from Amazon to Walmart pay their employees.
How well do the top companies pay their employees? Federal filings this year show that companies from Amazon to Microsoft use salary ranges to compensate their employees ranging from software engineers to data scientists.
The data is taken from thousands of documents that these companies filed with the US Department of Labor this year when hiring foreign workers. H-1B Visa ProgramThis visa allows highly skilled foreign workers to work in specific occupations in the US for six yearsThe filing reveals only base annual salary and omits stock options, signing bonuses and other perks,
According to these filings, Microsoft is paying software engineers a base salary ranging from $82,971 to $284,000. Google pays anywhere from $109,180 to $340,000 for the same role, while Meta pays anywhere from $120,000 to $480,000.
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Meanwhile, Amazon is paying software engineers in its Amazon Web Services cloud division up to $185,000, while defense company Palantir pays the same profession $155,000 to $240,000 in base salaries.
This is how companies from Amazon to Walmart pay for other roles, according to H-1B filings.
Amazon

- Applied Scientist: $83,491 to $260,000
- business Analyst: $79,518 to $143,100
- Data Engineer: $70,262 to $236,344
- product Manager: $109,782 to $200,000
- Program Manager: $81,600 to $162,700
- Quality Assurance Engineer: $86,320 to $185,000
Read more here.
Apple

- data scientist: $105,550 to $322,400
- Electronics engineer: $108,160 to $264,200
- Hardware Developer: $124,942 to $293,800
- Machine Learning Engineer: $143,100 to $312,000
- Professional Services Consultant: $100,200 to $258,700
- Instrumentation and Automation Engineer: $105,602 to $293,800
Read more here.
AT&T

- Lead System Engineer: $139,750 to $180,000
- Principal Data/AI Engineer: $163,737 to $197,464
- Senior Data/AI Engineer: $138,699
- Senior Data Analyst: $134,322
- Senior Data Scientist: $148,043
- Senior Technical Product Manager: $124,689 to $156,000
Read more here.
disney

- Associate Ride Control Software Engineer: $134,700
- Decision Scientists, Worldwide Services: $119,028
- Financial Accounting Manager, Hulu: $127,570.79
- Lead Data Engineer, Streaming: $188,875.73
- Senior Data Analyst, Hulu: $139,404.80
- Senior Data Engineer: $177,322.31
Read more here.

- Business Systems Analyst: $141,000 to $201,885
- Customer Engineer: $85,009.60 to $228,000
- data scientist: $133,000 to $260,000
- Electrical Engineer: $119,000 to $203,000
- Program Manager: $125,000 to $236,000
- safety engineer: $97,000 to $233,000
Read more here.
meta

- AI Research Scientist: $179,481 to $232,000
- data Analyst: $168,000 to $204,000
- design Engineer: $185,000 to $256,270
- Research Scientific Manager: $258,524
- Senior Product Manager: $224,323
- Software Engineering Manager: $219,978 to $328,000
Read more here.
Microsoft

- Business Program Manager: $102,380 to $195,100
- Cloud Network Engineer: $122,700 to $220,716
- Customer Experience Engineer: $126,422 to $239,585
- data Analyst: $132,385 to $205,000
- Electrical Engineer: $138,995 to $247,650
- research scientist: $146,054 to $208,000
Read more here.
palantir

- AI Machine Learning Researcher: $210,000 to $250,000
- Deployment Strategist: $120,000 to $192,000
- product designer: $135,000
- Quality Engineer: $136,000
- Technical Program Manager: $165,000
Read more here.
wal-mart

- Noted architects: $184,827 to $338,000
- Senior Product Manager: $121,000 to $286,000
- Senior Design Researcher: $142,002 to $234,000
- User Experience Design Senior Manager: $183,227 to $286,000
- Software Engineering Director: $190,486 to $312,000
- Director of Product Management: $201,323 to $338,000
Read more here.
key takeaways
- Companies are required to file documentation with the U.S. Department of Labor when hiring foreign workers through the H-1B visa program.
- These documents contain salary data information that presents a snapshot of compensation.
- Here’s how much top companies from Amazon to Walmart pay their employees.
How well do the top companies pay their employees? Federal filings this year show that companies from Amazon to Microsoft use salary ranges to compensate their employees ranging from software engineers to data scientists.
The data is taken from thousands of documents that these companies filed with the US Department of Labor this year when hiring foreign workers. H-1B Visa ProgramThis visa allows highly skilled foreign workers to work in specific occupations in the US for six yearsThe filing reveals only base annual salary and omits stock options, signing bonuses and other perks,
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