Application Programmer at IBM
Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.
What does IBM pay a Application Programmer on an H-1B?
$76k IBM has filed 978 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Application Programmer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $76k. Most of those filings fall between $70k and $82k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.
H-1B LCA filings
978
Median base salary
$76k
Middle 50%
$70k to $82k
Filings and pay by year
Application Programmer at IBM, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 4 | $105k |
| FY2025 | 7 | $105k |
| FY2024 | 19 | $103k |
| FY2023 | 6 | $91k |
| FY2022 | 36 | $87k |
| FY2021 | 33 | $92k |
| FY2020 | 63 | $82k |
| FY2019 | 128 | $77k |
| FY2018 | 166 | $76k |
| FY2017 | 516 | $73k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
Where this work is
Work locations named on the filings, most common first
| Location | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | 152 | $72k |
| Middletown, NJ | 101 | $76k |
| Atlanta, GA | 63 | $77k |
| Wilmington, DE | 46 | $79k |
| Cary, NC | 35 | $75k |
| Phoenix, AZ | 33 | $70k |
| Piscataway, NJ | 29 | $77k |
| West Sacramento, CA | 28 | $74k |
| Newark, NJ | 27 | $82k |
| Chicago, IL | 24 | $68k |
| Bentonville, AR | 23 | $65k |
| Bloomington, IL | 17 | $68k |
Prevailing-wage level
The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)
| Level | Filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 868 | $75k |
| Level III | 71 | $97k |
| Level IV | 11 | $116k |