Employer profile
Adobe
5,778 certified H-1B filings across 8 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
1,143
FY2025 median
$184k
Top role
Software Development Engineer
1,798 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
4,144 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Adobe pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Adobe hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 127▼ 89% | $205k |
| FY2025 | 1,143▼ 4% | $184k |
| FY2024 | 1,191▲ 62% | $177k |
| FY2023 | 735▼ 15% | $165k |
| FY2022 | 864▲ 17% | $141k |
| FY2021 | 737▲ 57% | $143k |
| FY2020 | 469▼ 8% | $139k |
| FY2019 | 512— | $129k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
1,38524%
Lvl I
691%
Lvl II
1,48426%
Lvl III
1,04618%
Lvl IV
1,79431%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer | 1,798 | $160k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 327 | $175k |
| Product Manager | 217 | $163k |
| Research Scientist/Engineer | 104 | $195k |
| Data Science Engineer | 104 | $166k |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 90 | $128k |
| Professional Services Consultant | 78 | $144k |
| User Experience Designer | 76 | $125k |
| Software Engineer | 72 | $131k |
| Technical Support Engineer | 70 | $110k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 4,144 | $168k |
| WA | 426 | $154k |
| TX | 320 | $128k |
| UT | 319 | $118k |
| NY | 221 | $150k |
| MA | 119 | $138k |
| CO | 32 | $113k |
| OR | 32 | $111k |
| IL | 28 | $135k |
| VA | 24 | $138k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Adobe pay H-1B workers?
- Adobe's median certified H-1B base salary is $184k (FY2025), from 1,143 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Adobe sponsor?
- Adobe has 5,778 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Adobe sponsor for H-1B?
- Adobe's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Development Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Product Manager, Research Scientist/Engineer.
- Where does Adobe hire H-1B workers?
- Adobe's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, TX, UT.
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