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Does Microsoft Corporation sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Microsoft Corporation filed 55,897 certified H-1B LCAs between FY2020 and FY2026, with a median base salary of $156,796.

Certified LCAs

55,897

Median base wage

$156,796

Wage range

$137,118–$199,000

25th–90th pct

Top role

Software Engineer

21,890 filings

Microsoft Corporation H-1B salary distribution

Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.

25th
Median
75th
90th
Lowest
$70,000
25th
$137,118
Median
$156,796
Average
$159,054
90th
$199,000
Highest
$1,976,400

Based on 55,896 certified base wages, annualized.

H-1B filings by year

7,892
FY20
7,244
FY21
11,456
FY22
7,742
FY23
9,420
FY24
9,249
FY25
2,894
FY26

Microsoft Corporation H-1B salaries by job title

Median base salary by role. Click a role for the full breakdown.

Job title↕LCAs↕Median▼Range (25th–90th)↕
Principal Product Manager Lead6$225,845$205,735–$240,000
Engineering Manager6$220,000$220,000–$221,520
Principal Silicon Engineer6$220,000$214,000–$221,000
Ux Engineering5$217,652$217,652–$236,912
Principal Product Manager12$216,385$210,000–$228,800
Merger & Acquisition Integration6$215,000$209,600–$218,600
Principal Research Software Development Engineer5$214,679$205,685–$235,050
Principal Software Engineer89$211,800$195,000–$240,000
Principal Software Engineering Manager39$205,000$191,550–$231,000
Field Product Marketing7$205,000$185,829–$250,220
Principal Software Development Engineer28$204,854$192,789–$236,010
Principal Pm Manager50$201,715$195,235–$230,032
Principal Development Lead8$200,636$190,890–$227,500
Principal Service Engineering Manager8$197,759$178,117–$208,321
Principal Program Manager184$196,975$187,803–$215,000
Software Engineering Manager378$195,439$181,045–$228,591
Quantum Engineering5$190,990$180,000–$207,460
Software Engineering Lead232$190,613$177,742–$219,929
Senior Applied Scientist7$190,000$183,650–$195,000
Hardware Engineering139$189,436$174,473–$237,100
Strategic Account Technology7$185,000$180,776–$196,328
Account Technology28$184,180$154,300–$211,795
Security Operations Engineering43$183,602$160,937–$221,133
Security Assurance73$182,800$160,000–$214,700
Research Sciences153$182,620$169,730–$212,606
Principal Technical Program Manager6$182,500$170,000–$212,000
Partner Technology Strategy16$181,472$150,284–$191,700
Software Engineer Manager6$181,166$180,212–$206,200
Senior Electrical Engineer15$180,900$160,000–$193,680
Firmware Engineering39$180,710$162,242–$234,902
Senior Product Manager43$180,500$168,000–$209,800
Financial Analysis And Controls Manager5$180,462$132,000–$183,996
Cloud Network Engineering118$179,691$156,700–$206,651
Senior Researcher16$178,920$173,538–$197,500
Silicon Engineering450$178,200$158,344–$226,422
Sourcing Engineering16$178,000$158,750–$207,316
Customer Experience Program Management79$177,997$160,650–$205,244
Commercial Sales11$177,740$160,440–$180,640
Digital Solution Engineering33$177,008$159,890–$195,237
Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager22$176,500$163,452–$217,360
Partner Enablement Program Manager5$176,266$126,280–$189,843
Customer Experience Program Manager72$176,036$157,245–$210,700
Account Management6$175,970$169,475–$181,941
Process Management8$175,900$159,500–$290,000
Senior Data Engineer7$175,770$175,500–$176,662
Product Management955$175,159$158,570–$217,848
Senior Ux Designer6$175,000$173,000–$196,500
Data And Applied Scientist Manager30$174,828$160,542–$224,044
Senior Service Engineering Manager15$174,524$169,102–$184,990
Penetration Testing29$174,491$165,000–$198,138
Sales Strategy Enablement38$174,490$155,479–$211,841
Business Planning57$174,280$162,400–$201,900
Technical Program Management712$174,000$157,690–$209,852
Data Engineering182$173,641$159,919–$206,300
Technology Specialists72$173,435$153,491–$192,400
Senior Design Manager8$173,345$170,609–$182,949
Senior Research Software Development Engineer22$173,274$164,781–$192,519
Site Reliability Engineering114$173,261$153,380–$208,343
Applied Science6$173,096$165,866–$200,358
Data Center Operations Manager14$173,000$130,000–$191,100
Senior Pm Manager30$172,500$167,564–$191,477
Business Strategy18$172,375$170,000–$203,750
Solution Area Specialists74$171,687$141,158–$185,145
Account Technology Strategist22$171,615$141,600–$191,830
Senior Product Engineer9$171,538$150,000–$190,000
Applied Sciences834$171,028$157,328–$210,542
Senior Software Engineer694$170,000$150,000–$196,970
Business Development29$170,000$150,388–$215,000
Senior Data Scientist25$170,000$165,270–$182,340
Integrated Marketing13$170,000$170,000–$178,450
Senior Cloud Network Engineer6$170,000$162,500–$172,000
Technical Program Manager522$169,638$151,909–$203,662
Software Engineering11,287$169,628$151,600–$212,202
Senior Sourcing Engineer8$169,615$159,310–$175,000
Supplier Delivery Manager5$169,480$146,504–$179,680
Product Marketing Manager Management6$169,374$161,510–$199,310
Product Manager917$169,310$151,800–$210,831
Cloud Network Engineer148$169,160$148,950–$201,380
Senior Product Designer5$169,000$160,000–$177,200
Compliance8$168,700$167,250–$186,250
Cloud Solution Architecture344$168,025$152,400–$196,830
Senior Software Development Engineer165$168,000$158,988–$189,276
Solution Engineering21$167,900$154,732–$198,665
Customer Experience Engineering131$167,760$152,250–$200,830
Construction Project Management28$167,500$156,500–$189,120
Senior Cloud Solution Architect10$167,500$153,520–$180,780
Security Research75$167,180$151,058–$201,085
Solution Architecture61$166,658$157,278–$189,497
Senior Program Manager914$166,600$158,000–$185,402
Manufacturing Engineer5$166,300$165,300–$173,660
Researcher144$166,276$154,750–$182,870
Digital Cloud Solution Architecture83$166,150$154,502–$188,202
Customer Solutions Architecture68$166,132$154,750–$204,161
Digital Signal Processing17$165,700$152,600–$178,767
Business Strategy Manager16$165,265$139,971–$186,640
Business Applications12$165,175$159,200–$180,100
Business Analytics67$165,000$152,750–$202,273
Senior Design Verification Engineer25$165,000$156,364–$193,000
Senior Data And Applied Scientist25$165,000$160,000–$183,000
Partner Marketing25$165,000$143,812–$177,505
Integrated Business Planning13$165,000$157,000–$174,115
Construction Project Manager9$165,000$160,000–$177,300
Bpm Manager7$165,000$155,976–$186,897
Biz Strategy10$164,492$148,515–$223,511
Data Science745$163,900$146,705–$203,857
Compensation13$163,200$152,400–$193,166
Marketing Technology32$163,095$154,489–$175,270
Senior Hardware Engineer47$163,000$150,000–$184,712
Software Architect14$162,997$142,625–$190,000
Electrical Engineering67$162,750$147,250–$192,583
Manufacturing Test Engineer6$162,357$138,344–$188,040
Demand Planner9$162,022$152,620–$193,761
Customer Success Management10$162,000$133,746–$176,220
Technical Training5$162,000$162,000–$162,000
Senior Designer66$161,996$153,400–$179,672
Tax IC56$161,724$161,724–$179,524
Technical Writing13$161,700$156,900–$235,520
Senior Service Engineer156$161,225$153,787–$186,087
Data Engineer149$161,000$147,802–$192,920
Mechanical Engineering41$161,000$150,000–$201,001
Consulting Project Management9$160,900$140,800–$171,825
Product Design338$160,878$142,040–$201,978
Service Engineering90$160,468$152,706–$189,926
Demand Planning49$160,136$152,366–$193,232
Senior Business Planner23$160,000$151,188–$179,000
Senior Technical Program Manager9$160,000$155,000–$180,792
Security Operations Engineer51$159,980$137,161–$189,633
Customer Experience Engineer87$159,461$147,500–$197,470
Senior Design Researcher8$159,444$156,600–$174,747
Software Quality Engineering7$158,360$134,050–$185,356
Project Manager8$158,059$149,336–$160,924
Reliability Engineer28$157,565$146,525–$182,001
Sales Operations12$157,500$143,120–$174,954
Product Marketing185$157,188$138,000–$189,042
Site Reliability Engineer150$156,780$140,125–$188,439
Business Program Management95$156,510$141,066–$187,776
Reliability Engineering25$156,000$147,000–$214,225
Data Analytics91$155,400$141,000–$190,100
Senior Product Marketing Manager19$155,080$145,571–$203,000
Cloud Solution Architect132$155,000$138,677–$180,000
Business Planner110$155,000$140,420–$180,200
Architect27$155,000$130,942–$180,040
Sales Compensation16$155,000$145,600–$208,500
Business Development Manager5$154,900$120,000–$160,580
Ux Research54$154,350$141,290–$177,926
Optical Engineer10$154,046$149,098–$193,500
Partner Development Management17$154,000$137,450–$196,863
Logistics Manager6$153,590$141,775–$164,980
Launch Management6$153,572$150,459–$162,571
Sales Excellence9$153,568$153,568–$175,980
Partner Technical Architect12$153,110$143,525–$188,200
Quantum Software Engineer5$152,799$152,064–$195,679
Post Doc Researcher8$152,250$150,000–$165,370
Fulfillment And Logistics19$151,900$126,600–$168,944
Business Manager23$151,611$130,615–$186,560
Channel Marketing8$151,104$144,278–$161,863
Technology Consulting44$151,078$141,551–$176,533
Hardware Engineer321$150,600$131,330–$200,900
Tax IC410$150,500$129,752–$158,184
Technical Solution Management10$150,472$137,285–$173,000
Silicon Engineer693$150,180$129,924–$192,340
Ecommerce6$150,121$150,030–$165,000
Capital Markets11$150,000$143,698–$165,000
Network Engineer7$150,000$136,000–$150,464
Software Quality Engineer10$149,715$139,272–$171,264
Supply Planning50$149,474$130,325–$175,500
Software Engineer21,890$149,457$133,400–$187,558
Technical Solution Manager10$149,362$137,312–$161,268
Associate Researcher5$149,188$144,186–$154,945
Integrated Learning8$149,028$141,252–$156,400
Sourcing Engineer41$149,000$137,000–$190,300
Product Designer10$149,000$148,000–$163,233
Customer Engineer117$148,829$124,570–$180,000
Supply Planner31$148,630$134,000–$180,200
Data Center Operations Management21$148,500$138,100–$176,900
Content Design5$148,296$129,000–$172,879
Business Development Analyst6$148,138$103,664–$160,170
Senior Customer Engineer17$148,000$142,500–$167,000
Cloud Solution Architect (OPEX)6$146,850$137,002–$162,397
Account Manager6$146,618$137,230–$185,594
Supply Chain Manager13$146,500$131,120–$163,600
Supportability36$146,265$139,882–$171,822
Technical Specialist36$146,100$125,350–$180,000
Quality And Reliability Engineer5$146,000$142,864–$162,800
Business Management12$145,900$137,600–$210,205
Software Design Engineer5$145,900$120,310–$176,800
Research Software Development Engineer36$145,282$134,147–$164,450
Customer Success Account Management38$145,000$130,000–$202,781
Applied Scientist31$145,000$123,950–$170,000
Hardware Engineering Program Manager21$145,000$136,360–$161,200
Process Manager5$145,000$140,000–$167,825
Hr Shared Services Ops Management8$144,619$124,995–$150,045
Npi Engineer5$144,500$130,000–$149,563
Corporate Strategy And Development Manager11$144,000$114,100–$170,000
Procurement Manager6$143,550$141,250–$149,301
Advertising Client Success14$143,438$132,850–$150,783
Data And Applied Scientist1,477$143,350$132,036–$175,000
Mechanical Engineer66$143,145$126,684–$186,280
Senior Field Engineer9$142,500$134,000–$173,500
Business Analytics Specialist72$140,792$128,195–$155,000
Data Scientist58$140,500$128,500–$156,200
Launch Manager12$140,457$136,455–$176,387
Electrical Engineer156$140,000$118,000–$185,396
Machine Learning Engineer5$140,000$140,000–$190,000
Partner Development Manager32$139,108$116,000–$194,186
Sourcing And Category Management34$138,728$130,143–$175,000
Financial Analysis245$138,070$127,900–$162,438
Senior Finance Manager16$137,750$132,250–$156,450
Sourcing And Category Manager17$137,655$131,100–$155,608
Digital Technology Specialists35$137,384$131,019–$166,953
Risk Manager19$137,000$133,255–$153,400
Commercial Executive7$136,770$121,245–$159,723
Program Manager974$136,649$125,000–$155,970
Finance Compliance13$136,500$109,000–$148,560
Communications Manager6$136,005$130,978–$140,700
Service Engineer369$135,890$123,375–$164,700
Business Program Manager332$135,217$120,000–$172,000
Controllership46$135,000$124,808–$150,940
Biz Development5$135,000$135,000–$184,517
Design Researcher29$133,959$124,900–$154,920
Supportability Program Manager17$133,300$121,172–$138,361
Premier Field Engineer30$133,156$129,970–$168,820
Account Executive11$133,155$107,000–$147,000
Accounting9$133,000$121,820–$144,216
Consultant16$132,219$100,800–$149,251
Customer Success Manager15$132,002$112,000–$180,172
Digital Solution Area Specialists17$131,269$98,010–$137,426
Product Intelligence Manager6$131,200$126,129–$135,000
Content Developer7$131,027$120,514–$156,900
It Service Operations5$130,700$128,600–$148,151
Subsidiary Pmm11$130,305$108,612–$164,500
Operations Program Manager67$130,000$111,500–$155,000
It Solution Manager5$130,000$118,060–$135,000
Sales Operations Program Manager11$129,500$98,505–$147,800
Designer168$129,454$118,000–$150,000
Business Strategy Analyst9$129,440$119,000–$165,800
Senior Test Engineer5$129,000$128,000–$144,600
Escalation Engineer60$128,584$120,000–$146,210
Technical Support Engineering389$128,500$119,405–$152,520
Artist11$128,500$115,250–$162,740
Technology Consultant7$128,369$128,060–$135,750
Category Manager8$128,300$120,000–$135,030
Partner/Channel Marketing Manager13$128,190$115,000–$137,998
Hr Generalist16$127,900$126,900–$137,600
Technical Support Advisory96$127,651$116,900–$152,026
Data Analyst14$126,500$117,012–$148,500
Support Engineering Manager8$125,741$115,769–$155,913
Specialist38$125,600$106,000–$168,895
Tax IC36$125,000$124,302–$125,000
Senior Support Escalation Engineer5$125,000$115,000–$133,000
Hr Business Partnership17$124,700$119,000–$157,853
Business Analyst9$123,800$120,000–$138,379
Technical Advisor25$123,700$114,920–$149,128
Talent Acquisition8$123,485$115,464–$146,160
Supply Chain Planner23$123,478$114,565–$169,000
Technical Art8$123,350$108,770–$204,254
Information Systems Auditing27$123,270$112,500–$135,700
Support Planner5$122,365$122,365–$122,365
Internal Audit8$122,304$117,650–$130,975
Technical Support Engineer481$122,300$115,000–$141,880
Product Marketing Manager169$122,200$119,000–$160,040
Digital Cloud Solution Architect18$122,013$115,500–$165,006
Marketing Communications Manager11$120,100$114,550–$155,000
Digital Technical Specialist8$120,016$110,224–$140,005
Financial Analysis And Controls107$120,000$119,000–$137,379
Software Test Engineer20$120,000$103,000–$155,122
Relationship Manager10$119,644$103,160–$137,248
It Software Development Engineer10$119,000$108,902–$132,100
Research, Applied And Data Sciences11$118,414$96,907–$148,699
Customer Success Account Manager58$117,154$86,500–$185,202
Finance Manager7$116,000$109,730–$132,708
Support Escalation Engineer177$115,000$109,660–$132,640
Design Verification Engineer73$115,000$104,000–$160,000
Delivery Data Scientist8$112,819$111,675–$122,626
Silicon Design Engineer8$110,500$101,584–$175,000
Financial Auditor7$108,500$99,648–$134,897
It Audit Manager6$108,500$108,000–$109,000
Partner Technical Advisor16$105,834$94,500–$121,525
Support Engineer237$104,200$94,000–$120,000
Program Management17$103,064$88,317–$189,930
Technical Account Manager10$99,395$95,445–$140,968

Where Microsoft Corporation files H-1B petitions

Redmond, WA · 34,267Bellevue, WA · 4,455Mountain View, CA · 2,776Atlanta, GA · 2,006Irving, TX · 1,042New York, NY · 715Austin, TX · 700Sunnyvale, CA · 664Issaquah, WA · 551Charlotte, NC · 522San Francisco, CA · 438Morrisville, NC · 425Cambridge, MA · 386San Jose, CA · 260Hillsboro, OR · 235

Microsoft Corporation H-1B: frequently asked questions

Does Microsoft Corporation sponsor H-1B visas?+

Yes. Microsoft Corporation has filed 55,897 certified Labor Condition Applications for H-1B workers across FY2020–FY2026, with a median base salary of $156,796.

What is the average H-1B salary at Microsoft Corporation?+

The median certified H-1B base salary at Microsoft Corporation is $156,796, ranging from $137,118 (25th percentile) to $199,000 (90th percentile). Base wage only — bonuses and stock are excluded.

What jobs does Microsoft Corporation sponsor for H-1B?+

The most common sponsored roles are Software Engineer, Software Engineering, Data And Applied Scientist, Program Manager, Product Management.

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