Verizon salaries revealed: How much the telecom giant pays program managers, software developers, and other tech workers

Verizon is in the midst of upgrading its wireless network and expanding its fiber network.Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesVerizon is hiring hundreds of tech workers as the telecom giant goes high-tech.For example, a software developer can make a base salary of around $222,000, per filings.Work visa data shows how much the company pays for roles in software, data, and management.Verizon is one of the largest wireless phone providers in the US, and the telecom giant was early to roll out fiber optic networks for ultrafast internet.But competition has heated up in recent years, in the form of rivals AT&T and T-Mobile and a growing list of smaller wireless providers offering bargain prices and celebrity endorsements.CEO Hans Vestberg said on a July earnings call that the company is ahead of schedule in rolling out an upgrade to its wireless network and expanding its fiber network. The company also reported reaching a milestone of more than 5 million fixed wireless subscribers.The improvements come at a time when networks of all kinds are experiencing higher demands from streaming, gaming content, and the rise of AI."As AI transitions from centralized training to widespread real-time application, compute power at the network edge becomes essential," Vestberg said.Verizon is hiring hundreds of tech workers across a range of roles to build and maintain a cutting-edge network, and salary data show what the company is paying them.Company filings with the US Department of Labor show Verizon sought to hire 332 workers through the US H-1B visa program in the first three quarters of this reporting year, largely in software development, IT, and network engineering. That number is up from about 200 for the same period during the prior two years.By comparison, AT&T looked to hire more than 345 workers H-1B program in the first half of this year. Business Insider analyzed how much money companies from Apple to Walmart are paying for tech jobs and other roles. Explore salary data from America's biggest employers. This publicly available work visa data — which companies are required to disclose — only refers to foreign hires and doesn't include equity or other benefits that employees may receive in addition to their base pay.Still, the reported pay rates are benchmarked against industry averages for US workers. That can shed light on how much employees earn in certain roles and where a company is looking to grow.Verizon lists roughly 1,400 open full-time jobs on its careers website as of August 21, with 145 openings for corporate and technology roles.In the H-1B data, most of the positions are based in Texas, New Jersey, or Florida, with additional roles in several other states.Here's a deeper look at some of the jobs:Data scientists can earn $187,000Data Scientist: $141,170Senior Manager, Data Science: $143,000 to $155,045Senior Engineer, AI Science: $141,463 to $146,061Principal Engineer, AI Science: $157,213 to $170,000Principal Engineer, Data Architecture: $187,460IT project managers can earn $210,000Senior Manager, Systems Engineering: $154,354 to $168,000Senior Manager, Program and Project Management: $144,000Senior Manager, Product Development: $153,675 to $171,991Senior Manager, Product Strategy: $180,000Senior Director, Operations Support: $210,398Software developers can earn around $222,000Senior Engineer, Full Stack: $116,920 to $164,992Senior Engineer, Software Development: $122,767 to $164,029Senior Engineer, Systems Engineering: $142,370 to $150,119Principal Engineer, Full Stack: $122,252 to $176,800Principal Engineer, Software Development: $133,932 to $221,974Senior directors can make $291,000Senior Director, Site Reliability Engineering: $175,000Senior Director, Data Architecture: $192,400Senior Director, Operations Support: $210,398Senior Director, Business Strategy: $291,284Business Insider has been collecting pay data for tech firms. Find more here.Read the original article on Business Insider

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