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IBM salaries

International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries.

No public job board · H-1B median $160k (506 filings)

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$154kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Data Engineer$144kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Research Scientist$228kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Data Scientist$182kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Solutions Engineer$186kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Engineering Manager$226kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Site Reliability Engineer$179kKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.Full Stack Engineer$153kWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.Platform Engineer$135kBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Research Engineer$257kWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.Data Analyst$126kAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Security Engineer$202kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Head of Data$304kLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.AI Engineer$209kA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$154k376 filings
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$144k29 filings
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$228k26 filings
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.$182k22 filings
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.$186k22 filings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$226k10 filings
Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.$179k5 filings
Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.$153k4 filings
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.$135k3 filings
Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.$257k3 filings
Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Few2 filings
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Few2 filings
Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.Few1 filing
AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.Few1 filing

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

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International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Source

IBM has no public Greenhouse, Ashby or Lever board, so its pay here comes from H-1B filings only.

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q1214$139k
FY2025 Q2167$150k
FY2025 Q3608$137k
FY2025 Q4178$142k
FY2026 Q182$166k
FY2026 Q290$174k
FY2026 Q3156$172k

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