Ace Hardware — 13 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 2
- Filings · FY2025
- $85k
- Median base · FY2025
- Industrial Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 9 all-time
Ace Hardware filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $85k and the middle 50% of offers between $85k and $127k. That is 12% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 13 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Industrial Engineer in Illinois.
How much does Ace Hardware pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $85k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Ace Hardware's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2020 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | +50% | $122k |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0% | $85k |
| FY2024 | 2 | −60% | $83k |
| FY2023 | 5 | +400% | $115k |
| FY2020 | 1 | — | $68k |
Which wage levels does Ace Hardware file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 31% of Ace Hardware's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 13 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I30.8%4
- Level II38.5%5
- Level IV30.8%4
What jobs does Ace Hardware sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineer | 5 | $83k |
| Software Engineer Analyst | 2 | $115k |
| Senior Project Manager Engineering | 2 | $118k |
| Project Engineer | 1 | $68k |
| Software Engineer Analyst II | 1 | $122k |
| Software Systems Engineer | 1 | $150k |
| Rsc Industrial Engineer | 1 | $85k |
Where does Ace Hardware hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 9 | $115k |
| TX | 3 | $95k |
| PA | 1 | $85k |
What has Ace Hardware filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Ace Hardware: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Industrial Engineer | $94,557 |
| 2026 | Software Engineer Analyst II | $122,400 |
| 2026 | Software Engineer Analyst | $160,400 |
| 2025 | Senior Project Manager Engineering | $126,711 |
| 2025 | Rsc Industrial Engineer | $84,975 |
| 2024 | Industrial Engineer | $82,800 |
| 2024 | Industrial Engineer | $82,800 |
| 2023 | Industrial Engineer | $80,000 |
| 2023 | Software Engineer Analyst | $115,000 |
| 2023 | Software Systems Engineer | $150,000 |
| 2023 | Senior Project Manager Engineering | $117,992 |
| 2023 | Industrial Engineer | $80,000 |
| 2020 | Project Engineer | $68,250 |
Common questions about Ace Hardware's H-1B filings
- How much does Ace Hardware pay H-1B workers?
- Ace Hardware's median certified H-1B base salary is $85k (FY2025), from 2 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Ace Hardware sponsor?
- Ace Hardware has 13 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Ace Hardware sponsor for H-1B?
- Ace Hardware's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Industrial Engineer, Software Engineer Analyst, Senior Project Manager Engineering, Project Engineer.
- Where does Ace Hardware hire H-1B workers?
- Ace Hardware's top H-1B worksite states are IL, TX, PA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →