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Software Engineer at PayPal

Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.

What does PayPal pay a Software Engineer on an H-1B?

$135k PayPal has filed 451 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $135k. Most of those filings fall between $117k and $141k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.

H-1B LCA filings
451
Median base salary
$135k
Middle 50%
$117k to $141k

Filings and pay by year

Software Engineer at PayPal, by fiscal year

Show the numbers behind this chart
PayPal Software Engineer H-1B filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)226$138k
FY202535$145k
FY202415$134k
FY202313$132k
FY202215$142k
FY202124$126k
FY202034$127k
FY201938$120k
FY201828$114k
FY201723$113k

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

LocationFilingsMedian base salary
San Jose, CA284$138k
Austin, TX60$116k
Scottsdale, AZ25$111k
Chicago, IL24$117k
San Francisco, CA22$129k
Newton, MA7$100k
Timonium, MD6$79k
New York City, NY4$140k
New York, NY4$124k
Omaha, NE3$105k
Conshohocken, PA3$101k
McKinney, TX2$156k

Prevailing-wage level

The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)

LevelFilingsMedian base salary
Level I16$102k
Level II161$117k
Level III39$145k
Level IV16$168k

Other roles PayPal sponsors

Software Engineer 3 1,483MTS 1, Software Engineer 1,096Software Engineer 2 1,024MTS 2, Software Engineer 439Sr Software Engineer 294Manager, Software Development 2 168Senior Software Engineer 161Data Scientist 1 143Staff Software Engineer 130Data Scientist 2 112Data Scientist 111Product Manager 3 - Technical 84

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