Associate Director H-1B Salary

902 certified H-1B filings list the job title Associate Director (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $150,000; the middle half of filings fall between $125,278 and $178,892. The largest sponsor for this title is COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP (199 filings).

902
certified filings
$150,000
Median base salary
$125,278
25th pct
$178,892
75th pct
$200,000
90th pct
$109,068
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$109,068$150,000 median$200,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026178$160,202
FY2025195$161,179
FY2024230$149,825
FY2023299$135,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY102$161,870
Chicago, IL32$148,700
Houston, TX19$149,947
Berkeley Heights, NJ17$161,000
Boston, MA16$164,825
Jersey City, NJ16$164,425
Morrisville, NC16$119,500
Montvale, NJ14$172,700
Dallas, TX13$184,000
Waltham, MA12$156,974
Edison, NJ11$156,645
San Francisco, CA11$170,019
Irving, TX10$129,668
Charlotte, NC9$121,493
San Jose, CA9$163,055
Austin, TX8$169,840
Bridgewater, NJ8$157,158
Cambridge, MA8$170,700
Denver, CO8$175,990
Federal Way, WA8$179,750

Associate Director salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP199$127,150
Axtria INC53$165,000
KPMG LLP51$184,700
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC26$146,500
Fitch Ratings, Inc.20$144,625
Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.17$189,592
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA), INC.16$275,000
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC14$138,619
INCEDO, INC.13$128,960
Applexus Technologies Inc12$179,750
Credit Suisse Services (USA) LLC12$114,050
The Siegfried Group LLP12$200,000
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA10$185,000
Turner & Townsend, Inc.10$174,000
Wayfair LLC10$220,320
Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC9$120,000
Trenmor LLC9$149,656
Cognizant TriZetto Software Group, Inc.8$138,590
Cumming Management Group, Inc.8$145,750
Xebia USA Inc.8$135,668
Aon Re, Inc.7$130,000
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP7$155,085
Wavicle Data Solutions, LLC7$181,074
Yardi Systems, Inc.7$180,107
CrossCountry Consulting LLC6$158,500
INNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.6$137,311
AGILISIUM CONSULTING LLC5$112,986
Fitch Solutions, Inc.5$155,350
HARMAN CONNECTED SERVICES INC5$135,308
RBC Capital Markets LLC5$145,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.5$200,000
Berkeley Research Group, LLC4$280,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company4$182,212
COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED4$150,342
GlaxoSmithKline LLC4$141,190
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.4$116,850
LTIMindtree Limited4$138,232
Nisum Technologies Inc.4$179,355
Prodapt North America, Inc.4$147,500
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC4$180,244
Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.)3$131,595
Birlasoft Computer Corporation3$129,179
Case Western Reserve University3$60,609
CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc3$168,002
Eli Lilly and Company3$145,697
EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION3$180,827
Gartner, Inc.3$165,531
Guidehouse Inc.3$148,860
Infovision, Inc.3$140,000
ITAllianz Inc.3$83,200

Related job titles

Associate Director - Technology $136,250Associate Director, Biostatistics $175,781Associate $147,368Director $181,813Associate Director, Software Engineer $148,000Associate Director, Statistical Programming $180,000Associate Director, Software Engineering $170,000Associate Director, Data Science $156,700Senior Associate $90,000Research Associate $70,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer