Visa Wage Index

Microsoft Corporation: Database Architects

Microsoft Corporation made 89 filings for this role, covering 89 positions, and across them committed to pay at least a median of $155,418 a year. 89 of the 89 state a minimum and no maximum, so that median is a median of floors.

By place and level

WhereLevelWage yearFilingsPositions LowestMedianHighestPrevailing
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level III 2025-26 20 20 $154,877 $177,450 $204,830 $154,877
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level II 2025-26 17 17 $131,664 $148,105 $168,500 $131,664
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level II 2025-26 11 11 $114,379 $119,760 $140,900 $114,379
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level III 2025-26 7 7 $145,138 $149,476 $162,440 $135,907
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level II 2025-26 6 6 $116,418 $119,561 $134,100 $116,418
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $130,000 $137,350 $141,100 $108,472
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Level IV 2025-26 3 3 $203,145 $212,200 $220,209 $178,069
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 2 2 $149,836 $155,418 $161,000 $149,219
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level III 2025-26 2 2 $183,248 $187,187 $191,126 $183,248
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $126,443 $126,443 $126,443 $126,443
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $149,528 $149,528 $149,528 $143,250
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $181,480 $181,480 $181,480 $160,056
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $174,533 $174,533 $174,533 $174,533
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Level III 2025-26 1 1 $146,169 $146,169 $146,169 $136,282
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level I 2025-26 1 1 $115,757 $115,757 $115,757 $92,872
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $181,633 $181,633 $181,633 $157,414
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Level II 2025-26 1 1 $143,000 $143,000 $143,000 $126,339
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Level II 2025-26 1 1 $163,875 $163,875 $163,875 $124,966
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level II 2025-26 1 1 $159,472 $159,472 $159,472 $118,102
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Level III 2025-26 1 1 $162,570 $162,570 $162,570 $142,958
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI Level III 2025-26 1 1 $177,000 $177,000 $177,000 $140,504
Raleigh-Cary, NC Level I 2025-26 1 1 $114,000 $114,000 $114,000 $77,314
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $150,051 $150,051 $150,051 $150,051
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $202,800 $202,800 $202,800 $180,398
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $212,700 $212,700 $212,700 $210,579
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level not stated 1 1 $145,103 $145,103 $145,103 $145,103

Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.