H-1B job title salary

Subject Matter Expert

#378 most-filed title 143 certified LCAs filed under 15 occupations
Median salary
$90,002
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$75,067 – $118,456
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+28.44%
+24.54% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0%
143 filings

Subject Matter Expert pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$65,915
P25$75,067
Median$90,002
P75$118,456
P90$139,432
Median by H-1B wage level
Level II$83,65887 LCAs
Level III$118,45652 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Subject Matter Expert pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Computer Network Support Specialists 51%Computer Occupations, All Other 35%Software Developers 4%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231 51.05% 73 $65,936 $88,878 $115,008
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 34.97% 50 $83,658 $87,058 $116,834
Software Developers 15-1252 3.5% 5 $126,120 $142,704 $142,704

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Subject Matter Expert

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
HCL
SOC 15-1231 · Computer Network Support Specialists
73 $88,878 only sponsor
HCL
SOC 15-1299 · Computer Occupations, All Other
49 $84,115 -3.4%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Subject Matter Expert38 LCAs · median $83,658
  • Subject Matter Expert (Support & Ops)21 LCAs · median $112,008
  • Senior Subject Matter Expert (Support & Ops)17 LCAs · median $119,736

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