Technical Specialist, H-1B salary
What 1,854 H-1B filings report for “Technical Specialist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Technical Specialist?
$93k median H-1B base salary for a Technical Specialist, typically $75k to $125k, across 1,854 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $114k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California162$114k+$21k
- 2Michigan56$107k+$14k
- 3Colorado24$105k+$12k
- 4New York66$102k+$9k
- 5Massachusetts64$102k+$9k
- 6North Carolina87$101k+$8k
- 7Virginia56$101k+$8k
- 8District of Columbia31$100k+$7k
- 9Illinois103$100k+$7k
- 10Maryland32$99k+$6k
- 11Minnesota51$97k+$4k
- 12Wisconsin21$94k+$1k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $93kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Technical Specialist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Technical Specialist roles are CitiusTech, LTIMindtree, Birlasoft, HCLTech, and Brillio, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Technical Specialist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1CitiusTech410 filings$95k
- 2LTIMindtree304 filings$82k
- 3Birlasoft164 filings$94k
- 4HCLTech134 filings$110k
- 5Brillio47 filings$87k
- 6IBM43 filings$88k
- 7Microsoft37 filings$147k
- 8Majesco36 filings$88k
- 9Incedo34 filings$104k
- 10Genpact33 filings$92k
- 11Navistar24 filings$105k
- 12Bloomberg21 filings$90k
- 13ICF20 filings$114k
- 14Altair Engineering17 filings$95k
- 15Anova Law Group17 filings$76k
- 16Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner17 filings$115k
- 17Fecund Software Services14 filings$84k
- 18Delta Dental Of California13 filings$132k
- 19InterSystems12 filings$94k
- 20Honda Logistics11 filings$70k
- 21KPIT11 filings$125k
- 22Highbrow Business Solutions10 filings$75k
- 23Servion9 filings$104k
- 24FEV9 filings$119k
- 25Real World Technologies9 filings$127k
- 26McCarter and English9 filings$120k
- 27V-Soft Consulting8 filings$102k
- 28Ven Soft8 filings$96k
- 29Neumeric Technologies7 filings$77k
- 30General Motors7 filings$120k
- 31Excelacom6 filings$101k
- 32Hallmark Global Technologies6 filings$105k
- 33Banner & Witcoff6 filings$97k
- 34Automotive Robotics6 filings$88k
- 35Concept Software & Services6 filings$86k
- 36L&T Technology Services6 filings$93k
- 37Atos Syntel5 filings$101k
- 38Lucid Motors5 filings$176k
- 39The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital5 filings$82k
- 40Vistara Solutions5 filings$150k
- 41Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO)5 filings$126k
- 42Cambridge Computer Services5 filings$81k
- 43ERPA5 filings$120k
- 44Logic Planet5 filings$85k
- 45Noblesoft Technologies5 filings$88k
- 46Altimetrik4 filings$81k
- 47Los Angeles Unified School District4 filings$116k
- 48Techgurus Consulting4 filings$91k
- 49Tricord Consulting4 filings$69k
- 50Texas Children's Hospital4 filings$76k
Related titles in this family
6,047 filings carry “Technical Specialist” in the title, across 973 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Technical Specialist332 filings$113k
- 2Is Technical Specialist246 filings$115k
- 3Electronic Systems Technical Specialist146 filings$93k
- 4Applications Development Technical Specialist142 filings$132k
- 5Technical Specialist II129 filings$130k
- 6Sr. Technical Specialist113 filings$107k
- 7Technical Specialist I112 filings$98k
- 8Thermal and Fluid Systems Technical Specialist110 filings$96k
- 9Technical Specialist III100 filings$158k
- 10Combustion and Emissions Systems Technical Specialist82 filings$92k
- 11Technical Specialist - QA71 filings$89k
- 12Es Technical Specialist58 filings$96k
Figures are for the exact title “Technical Specialist”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.